{"product_id":"the-four-gospels-eric-gill-illustrated-folio-society-2007-golden-cockerel-limited-edition","title":"The Four Gospels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGILL, Eric. The Four Gospels. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2007. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier. Black buckram two-volume clamshell box, spine titled (as above) in gold. Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition (1931). The two volumes are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[1] The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ, according to The Authorized Version of King James I, with decorations by Eric Gill. [facsimile]. 339 × 240 × 44 mm. Pp. [i–ii], [1–5] 6–268 [269–278]. Bound in full black goatskin leather blocked in gold with a design featuring Gill’s symbols for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Gilded edges; grey endleaves. The edition statement reads in part ‘limited to 2750 numbered copies for sale to members of The Folio Society, and 25 lettered copies which are not for sale’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[2] The Four Gospels, Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel type, John Dreyfus, preceded by a personal reminiscence by Robert Gibbings, proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press 1924–1933. 338 × 233 × 8 mm. Pp. [1–6] 7–27 [28–30]: [1] plate (facing p. [iii]). Type: Perpetua. Bound in quarter black buckram. Dark grey paper boards with printed paper label on front; grey endleaves. The main essay was originally published in 1990 by the Book Club of California as a chapter in Dreyfus’s A typographical masterpiece. The book collector journal published the shorter companion piece in 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fine copy, with binding square and firm, and pages clean and uninscribed. Housed in the slightly shelf-worn clamshell. Comes in the original box, but will be double-boxed for safety.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55319558717779,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-Four-Gospels-ERIC-GILL-Folio-Society-Limited-Edition-2007-Golden-Cockerel_3.webp?v=1791730154","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-four-gospels-eric-gill-illustrated-folio-society-2007-golden-cockerel-limited-edition","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}