Henri Jonas - La prophetie de Ioël - 1923





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La prophetie de Ioël by Henri Jonas is a special edition hardback of 20 pages, published in 1923 in Maastricht by Leiter-Nypels, in French, numbered 32, featuring a coloured woodcut and coloured initials, and in very good condition.
Description from the seller
The Prophecy of Joel.
Edited by Leiter-Nypels, Maastricht, 1923.
Special edition by Henri Charles Jonas.
With a color woodcut and colored initials in the text by Henri Jonas.
The typography of the Bible text is taken from the Antwerp Polyglot Bible of Plantin from 1578.
The book was issued in 200 copies, this one is numbered 32.
Bound in a half parchment binding (private binding, commissioned). The original cover is bound in.
Layout:
- original cover in thick blue paper with title.
- 6 pp. blank.
- approbatio.
- intertitle.
- summary (3 pp.).
- color woodcut by Henri Jonas.
- title page.
- text (8 pp.) with 3 colored initials by Jonas.
- leaf 'fin de la prophetie de Ioel'.
- colophon.
- 6 pp. blank.
- back of the original cover.
At the end of the book there is another folder containing a black-and-white reproduction of the woodcut from the book, originating from the book: Henri Jonas, woodcuts 1919-1928.
Condition: very good.
The Prophecy of Joel.
Edited by Leiter-Nypels, Maastricht, 1923.
Special edition by Henri Charles Jonas.
With a color woodcut and colored initials in the text by Henri Jonas.
The typography of the Bible text is taken from the Antwerp Polyglot Bible of Plantin from 1578.
The book was issued in 200 copies, this one is numbered 32.
Bound in a half parchment binding (private binding, commissioned). The original cover is bound in.
Layout:
- original cover in thick blue paper with title.
- 6 pp. blank.
- approbatio.
- intertitle.
- summary (3 pp.).
- color woodcut by Henri Jonas.
- title page.
- text (8 pp.) with 3 colored initials by Jonas.
- leaf 'fin de la prophetie de Ioel'.
- colophon.
- 6 pp. blank.
- back of the original cover.
At the end of the book there is another folder containing a black-and-white reproduction of the woodcut from the book, originating from the book: Henri Jonas, woodcuts 1919-1928.
Condition: very good.

