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Title(s):

Genesis : twelve woodcuts / by Paul Nash ; with the first chapter of Genesis in the authorized version.

Additional Title(s):

Bible. O.T. Genesis I. English. Authorized. 1924.

Published/Created:
Soho [London] : Nonesuch Press, 1924
Physical Description:
[28] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
BS1233 1924+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/754317
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The edition is limited to three hundred and seventy-five copies. The cuts are printed from the wood and the text in Rudolf Koch's Newland type on Zanders hand-made paper ..."--P. [2]
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 14
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 14 of 375.
Subject Terms:
Curwen Press -- Printer.
Nash, Paul, 1889-1946.
Nonesuch Press -- Publisher.
Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1924.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Nash, Paul, 1889-1946, engraver.
Nonesuch Press, publisher.
Curwen Press, printer.
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  • The void
  • The face of the water
  • The division of the light from the darkness
  • Creation of the firmament
  • The dry land appearing
  • Vegetation
  • The sun and moon
  • The stars also
  • The fish and the fowl
  • Cattle and creeping thing
  • Man and woman
  • Contemplation.

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