The revelation of Saint John the Divine / with lithographs by Hans Feibusch

Hans Feibusch

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/881

Author

Variant Title

Bible. N. T. Revelation. English. 1946. Authorized.

Imprint

London: Collins, 14 St. James's Place, [1946]

Physical Description

57 pages : colour illustrations ; 39 cm.

General Note

“The Revelation of St. John the Divine taken from the authorised King James Version by permission of Eyre and Spottiswoode. Crown Copyright.” [colophon].
The printer and binder are named on the recto of the title pages: “Printed in Great Britain at the Baynard Press. Bound by Collins, London and Glasgow.”
13 full-page colour lithographic plates by Hans Fiebusch. 3 of the illustrations are double-page: "The Four Horsemen"; "The dragon and The Woman with The Infant"; "The Battle in Heaven".
The book carries no publication date. Date taken for the entry for the book in the British Library.

Contents

List of illustrations. I. John on Patmos [frontispiece] -- II. Christ and the Seven Churches -- IV. John lifted into Heaven -- VIII. The Seven Trumpets -- IX. An Angel opens the Pit -- IX. The Four Horsemen -- X. The Angel with the Book -- XII. The Dragon and the Woman with the Infant -- XIV. The Grapes of Wrath -- XVII. The Woman on the Seven Headed Beast -- XIX. The Battle of Heaven -- XX. The Last Judgment -- XXI. The Heavenly Jerusalem

Copy Note

“One hundred and fifty copies of this book have been bound in parchment, numbered and signed by the artist, of which two are for presentation. Copy Number 74.”

Binding Note

Yellow cloth cover with gilt lettering on upper cover. Illustrated endpapers.

Subject

Illustrated books
Auto-lithographs
New Testament
Book of Revelation

Contributors

Hans Feibusch, illustrator
William Collins Sons & Co Ltd., publisher, binder
Baynard Press, printer