



Canticle Canticorum.
The Song of Songs. With 30 lithographs by Gerhart Kraaz
Frankfurt, Ars Librorum 1962
47.5 x 33 cm. 40 pages. Brown original morocco binding with spine title and blind-embossed cover title. In original slipcase. (Binding by Willy Pingel, Heidelberg & Christian Zwang, Hamburg). - 1st Ars Librorum printing and one of only 25 copies of this absolute deluxe edition. Only this edition was lavishly bound by hand in morocco and contains four additional hand-signed original lithographs by Gerhard Kraaz, two of which are double-page sized. The Song of Songs in a new German version based on the original Hebrew text by Gotthard de Beauclair. With 34 original lithographs by Gerhard Kraaz, four of which are signed. The imprint is signed by the publisher and artist. Immaculately preserved. - Gotthard de Beauclair: Life and Work 1 with two illustrations on pages 31-32.

