Gill, Eric

4to, number 147 of 250 copies, printed in red and black, initials in red, 6 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, 2 full-page, original white buckram, pictorial dust jacket, collector's folding case, dust jacket slightly chipped and repaired at edges 

Chanticleer 35; Cave and Manson p.49.

Condition is described in the body of cataloguing where appropriate.
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Gill earned less for his engravings in Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi than for his previous work, Song of Songs, however his reputation increased as the edition sold out. The engravings were "clearly related to the sculptures of the Stations of the Cross which Gill had cut for Westminster Cathedral ten years earlier. In the marriage of type and engravings, and the very skilful use of colour for initials and title, it shows how well Gill and Gibbings were now working together."