GILL, Eric. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. ~ The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Illustrated with 65 wood engravings and initial letters by Eric Gill. Printed in Gill's Golden Cockerel type face. One of 482 copies on paper of a total edition of 500 (this no.405). Folio, original half white pigskin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, maize buckram sides, top edge gilt, others uncut. The cloth sides have some spotting but are unusually clean and bright and all the pages and endpapers are crisp and fresh. Housed in the original card slipcase which has some browning and repair.
Lavishly illustrated throughout by Eric Gill and using his perfect typography, the Golden Cockerel Press Four Gospels is one of the triumphs of twentieth century book production and one of the greatest of Britain’s private press productions, alongside the Doves Bible, the Kelmscott Chaucer and the Ashendene Dante.