THE BOOK OF SIGNS which contains all manner of symbols from the earliest times to the middle ages by primitive peoples and early Christians. Collected, drawn and explained by Rudolph Koch. Translated from the German by Vyvyan Holland.

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500 copies, 4to, (232x170mm), [8],104p. 493 images of symbols drawn by Koch and printed from from woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. A good copy, book in a designer binding by Helen Wadlington with her ticket on the rear pastedown. The style of binding is reminiscent of Hugo Peller, with whom Wadlington studied in the 1980s, and consists of a backstrip of black morocco, shaped to produce a ragged edge over the boards which are covered with Wadlington's own handmade pastepaper, created in a manner which reflects the contents of the book, the corner tips protected with vellum, the head edge coloured with polished graphite with symbols in white relief. Japanese wood-veneer covered slipcase, Formerly Mark Severin's copy with his signature on the front flyleaf with a faint 'symbol' below and a small symbolic ownership monograph (?af). A handsome book printed by Wilh Gerstung at Offenbach am Main in Koch's magere deutsche typeface in a lovely binding by a talented bookbinder and book artist, completely in sympathy with the subject, and enhanced by an attractive provenance. N° de ref. del artículo 15457

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