The Revelation of Saint John The Divine (Signed Limited Editions Club)

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1995. Crite, Allan Rohan (Illustrator). First Limited Editions Club. Signed Limited Edition #87 of 300 copies. This copy is fine in near fine black cloth clamshell case. "The volume is hand bound in burgundy linen. The hinged box, covered in black Italian cotton, is inset with Nigerian goatskin bearing the title stamped in 22‑karat gold." 58pp. Large folio, 56 x 33 cm. Signed by Crite. The fifteen relief engravings by Crite hand printed on Japanese Kitikata paper at Evans Editions. The text paper was made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. Plates printed on recto and verso of four leaves. The text has been set in Monotype Caslon with Romulus heads at Golgonooza Letter Foundry by Julia Ferrari. "Typographical design is by Dan Carr, who drew the verse numerals and cast them by hand into punches for typesetting." The book was printed by Wild Carrot Letterpress. Full refund if not satisfied. “Revelation was written at the height of Christians’ persecution at the hands of the Romans. The work cries passionately against the power of evil and exhorts Christians to resist, even at the cost of martyrdom, a message that has a special resonance for an African‑American artist, such as Mr. Crite. Perhaps the most forceful of his Revelation drawings is that showing an angry Angel whirling a millstone through Baby­lon, archetypal city of sin and indulgence. Critics have acclaimed Crite’s revisualization as the finest of the artist’s religious works.” (From the Limited Editions Club Website)
. Fine.

Item #042190

Price: $1,600.00