Broby-Johansen, R. — Den Danske Billedbibel I Kalkmalerier

Kobenhavn, Denmark, Glydendalfte Boghandel/Nordisk Forlag, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Danish-language disquisition on the Old Testament, bound in blue cloth, with red lettering to spine, rubbed, and illustration to front cover, still sharp. Extensively illustrated in black-and-white line drawings and full-color, full-page and half-page illustrations, maps, and even a color code-chart up front. The Wikipedia entry about the author Rudolf Kristian Albert Broby-Johansen (25 November 25, 1900 – 9 August 1987) notes that he was a Danish art historian, communist activist and writer, having published poetry early on in 1922 called Blod ("Blood"), "containing poems on the themes of misery and poverty as well as tabooed topics such as prostitution and necrophilia," for which he became scandalous and shunned socially, his work being confiscated by the authorities before being re-published in 1968 and allegedly having influence modern Danish poets. He eventually joined the Danish Communist Party (DKP) and helped to run "several Danish left-wing journals such as Monde, Plan and Frem.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good