GILL (Eric). The Song of Songs. Berkshire, Golden Cockerel Press / Robert Gibbings, 1925. Folio, bound in the publisher’s full cream cloth. Illustrated with 19 wood-engravings in the text. Limited edition of 750 numbered copies.

An interesting illustrated edition of the Song of Songs, which was the first major success of the Golden Cockerel Press.

Bookplate of Samuel Kahn.

Provenance: Château de Bellerive, Collonges-Bellerive, Geneva.

GILL (Eric). The Song of Songs. Berkshire, Golden Cockerel Press / Robert Gibbings, 1925. Folio, bound in the publisher’s full cream cloth. Illustrated with 19 wood-engravings in the text. Limited edition of 750 numbered copies.

An interesting illustrated edition of the Song of Songs, which was the first major success of the Golden Cockerel Press.

Bookplate of Samuel Kahn.

Provenance: Château de Bellerive, Collonges-Bellerive, Geneva.

Good overall condition.

Binding:
White cloth binding, slightly soiled at the edges.
Endpapers oxidised.

Interior:
Oxidation to the text block edges.
Light traces of red pencil on p. 37.