The Holy Bible (Presentation copy)
- SIGNED
- North Hatfield, Massachusetts / New York City: The Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999
North Hatfield, Massachusetts / New York City: The Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. First edition. Fine. Signed and inscribed "For Vance" in pencil by Barry Moser and with a typed sheet laid in, signed in ink by Moser: "This copy of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible is a gift to Vance Studley by the designer and illustrator...Given with affection and gratitude. 21 June 2003." With an additional sheaf of 270 engravings printed on handmade Japanese kitakata paper (including some duplicates) by Harold McGrath, each signed in pencil by Barry Moser and lettered "AP." About half of the plates are also numbered in pencil by Moser. These plates appear to be a collection of proofs or extras rather than the suite of 280 plates issued with the deluxe edition. Additional plates housed in a custom complementary clamshell case.
One of 400 regular copies (fifty deluxe copies in seven volumes were also produced), this copy unnumbered. Two volumes, folio. Illustrated throughout with 232 engravings by Moser. Bound in the original full vellum by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton. In the original gray cloth clamshell cases (case of volume one a bit scuffed). A lovely, Fine example of Barry Moser's masterpiece, inscribed to his friend and collaborator.
In addition to his collaborations with Moser, Vance Studley founded and served as the director of Archetype Press, a teaching press at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He also produced fine press books independently under the Kerberos Press imprint and wrote the bestselling manual Making Artist's Tools (1983).
"As the new millennium approached, Barry Moser turned his attention to the King James Bible. Working with a team of expert craftsmen and scholars for more than four years, Moser produced the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. It is the only twentieth-century Bible with illustrations for every book of both the Old and New Testaments that were invented and executed by a single artist" (Pennyroyal Press website). The Bible is widely considered to be Barry Moser's masterpiece. Illustrated with over 230 striking engravings, printed letterpress on custom Zerkall paper, and featuring the collaborations of renowned book artists like Claudia Cohen and Harold McGrath, it is a lofty achievement in illustration and craft. Fine.
One of 400 regular copies (fifty deluxe copies in seven volumes were also produced), this copy unnumbered. Two volumes, folio. Illustrated throughout with 232 engravings by Moser. Bound in the original full vellum by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton. In the original gray cloth clamshell cases (case of volume one a bit scuffed). A lovely, Fine example of Barry Moser's masterpiece, inscribed to his friend and collaborator.
In addition to his collaborations with Moser, Vance Studley founded and served as the director of Archetype Press, a teaching press at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He also produced fine press books independently under the Kerberos Press imprint and wrote the bestselling manual Making Artist's Tools (1983).
"As the new millennium approached, Barry Moser turned his attention to the King James Bible. Working with a team of expert craftsmen and scholars for more than four years, Moser produced the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. It is the only twentieth-century Bible with illustrations for every book of both the Old and New Testaments that were invented and executed by a single artist" (Pennyroyal Press website). The Bible is widely considered to be Barry Moser's masterpiece. Illustrated with over 230 striking engravings, printed letterpress on custom Zerkall paper, and featuring the collaborations of renowned book artists like Claudia Cohen and Harold McGrath, it is a lofty achievement in illustration and craft. Fine.