Greenough, Ruth Hornblower — Biblical Drawings

, Privately printed, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Extremely scarce in the trade. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Privately printed for the author, probably in 1951 or thereabouts though the copyright page does not say so. Grey printed wraps, in gate-fold, blue-lettered printed white paper label affixed neatly to front cover. Red-stained all around. Ruth Hornblower Greenough has selected his best biblical drawings here, each quarter-page black-and-white engraving coming from one or another Book of the Old Testament, with the appropriate passage rendered opposite. The artist Rudolph Ruzicka (29 June 1883 – 20 July 1978) was a Czech-American "wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer." His Wikipedia entry notes that he designed typefaces and wood engraving illustrations for Daniel Berkeley Updike's Merrymount Press, and was a near lifelong member of the American Institute of the Graphic Arts (AIGA) after emigrating to the U.S. in 1893, attending drawing lessons "at the Hull House School" and "further classes at the Art Institute of Chicago" (Wikipedia). Unpaginated, but roughly 120 pp. Typeface designed by Ruzicka; limited edition of 500 copies only.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good