1dlphcoracl
The Psalms of David and Others translated by Arthur Golding edited by Richard G. Barnes, with a companion volume containing Golding's "Epistle Dedicatory" from Calvin's 'Commentaries' (1571), Arion Press, 1977.
Arion Catalogue 1995-1975 notes: "This is the first separate edition of Golding's translation of the Psalms, hitherto neglected, having been interspersed throughout his translation of Calvin's Commentaries on the Psalms. It is the second Arion book to honor this Elizabethan author who influenced Shakespeare and Pound."
Format: 13-3/4 by 9 inches. The main volume is 192 pages, the companion volume is 44 pages. Five illuminated initials in raised gold and colors at the openings of the five books of the Psalms are by Thomas Ingmire. The type is handset Goudy New Style for the text with Trajan capitals for the title and initials. Printed on dampened T. Edmonds mouldmade paper. Bound with a vellum spine and corners, with grey Twinrocker handmade paper for the sides. The companion volume is sewn in grey Twinrocker handmade paper. Both volumes are contained in a grey cloth slipcase. Edition of 200 copies.
The companion volume to The Psalms of David & Others is as follows:
1. Arthur Golding's Epistle Dedicatory from Calvin's Commentaries 1571.
2. Introduction
3. Notes
4. Glossary
The scholarly Introduction and Notes were written by R. G. Barnes, Professor of English, Pomona College.
In 1975, a new private press based in San Francisco, California, announced itself. After a brief stint with Robert Grabhorn as co-proprietors of the Grabhorn-Hoyem Press, Andrew Hoyem set off on his own and founded the Arion Press in 1974. The first two editions were inconsequential but the third edition, Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, was a slim, elegant, beautifully designed volume, the first of three Arion Press books to feature an English translation by Elizabethan translator Arthur Golding. The fourth Arion Press edition was a quirky livre d'artiste book entitled 'A Travel Book', written and illustrated with 76 drawings by Fred Martin, and its unusual square format and design featuring a thick bright orange plexiglass slipcase raised eyebrows amongst private press collectors. However, it is their fifth edition, The Psalms of David and Others, that elevated the Arion Press into the major leagues with a combination of scholarship and craftsmanship that promised greater things to come.
The Book of Psalms is a large quarto book (13 3/3 x 9 inches), beautifully designed as described above. Twenty-three years later, Thomas Ingmire would create the same illumined gold and color raised initials for the deluxe state of the Arion Press millennial edition of the Holy Bible in 2000. The promise of "greater things to come" was quickly realized by the next (sixth) Arion Press publication, the landmark Arion Press edition of Moby Dick. Additionally, the quirky, playful design of A Travel Book also proved to be a harbinger of better things to come in a slightly different manner. Following Moby Dick, Hoyem's talent for unusual, innovative book design was fully realized in their next (seventh) publication, Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott, issued as an accordion-fold book comprised of 56 folded panels which unfolded from a large hinged and clasped square brushed aluminum container.
This edition of The Psalms of David was also reviewed by Chris Adamson on Books and Vines on October 27, 2011, with numerous additional photos included. The photos on B&V can be magnified by left-clicking over the photo, then left-clicking again (macro photo) to fully appreciate Thomas Ingmire's beautiful illumined initial letters and the quality of the letterpress printing. Link below.
https://booksandvines.com/2011/10/27/the-psalms-of-david-and-others-arion-press/
Arion Catalogue 1995-1975 notes: "This is the first separate edition of Golding's translation of the Psalms, hitherto neglected, having been interspersed throughout his translation of Calvin's Commentaries on the Psalms. It is the second Arion book to honor this Elizabethan author who influenced Shakespeare and Pound."
Format: 13-3/4 by 9 inches. The main volume is 192 pages, the companion volume is 44 pages. Five illuminated initials in raised gold and colors at the openings of the five books of the Psalms are by Thomas Ingmire. The type is handset Goudy New Style for the text with Trajan capitals for the title and initials. Printed on dampened T. Edmonds mouldmade paper. Bound with a vellum spine and corners, with grey Twinrocker handmade paper for the sides. The companion volume is sewn in grey Twinrocker handmade paper. Both volumes are contained in a grey cloth slipcase. Edition of 200 copies.
The companion volume to The Psalms of David & Others is as follows:
1. Arthur Golding's Epistle Dedicatory from Calvin's Commentaries 1571.
2. Introduction
3. Notes
4. Glossary
The scholarly Introduction and Notes were written by R. G. Barnes, Professor of English, Pomona College.
In 1975, a new private press based in San Francisco, California, announced itself. After a brief stint with Robert Grabhorn as co-proprietors of the Grabhorn-Hoyem Press, Andrew Hoyem set off on his own and founded the Arion Press in 1974. The first two editions were inconsequential but the third edition, Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, was a slim, elegant, beautifully designed volume, the first of three Arion Press books to feature an English translation by Elizabethan translator Arthur Golding. The fourth Arion Press edition was a quirky livre d'artiste book entitled 'A Travel Book', written and illustrated with 76 drawings by Fred Martin, and its unusual square format and design featuring a thick bright orange plexiglass slipcase raised eyebrows amongst private press collectors. However, it is their fifth edition, The Psalms of David and Others, that elevated the Arion Press into the major leagues with a combination of scholarship and craftsmanship that promised greater things to come.
The Book of Psalms is a large quarto book (13 3/3 x 9 inches), beautifully designed as described above. Twenty-three years later, Thomas Ingmire would create the same illumined gold and color raised initials for the deluxe state of the Arion Press millennial edition of the Holy Bible in 2000. The promise of "greater things to come" was quickly realized by the next (sixth) Arion Press publication, the landmark Arion Press edition of Moby Dick. Additionally, the quirky, playful design of A Travel Book also proved to be a harbinger of better things to come in a slightly different manner. Following Moby Dick, Hoyem's talent for unusual, innovative book design was fully realized in their next (seventh) publication, Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott, issued as an accordion-fold book comprised of 56 folded panels which unfolded from a large hinged and clasped square brushed aluminum container.
This edition of The Psalms of David was also reviewed by Chris Adamson on Books and Vines on October 27, 2011, with numerous additional photos included. The photos on B&V can be magnified by left-clicking over the photo, then left-clicking again (macro photo) to fully appreciate Thomas Ingmire's beautiful illumined initial letters and the quality of the letterpress printing. Link below.
https://booksandvines.com/2011/10/27/the-psalms-of-david-and-others-arion-press/
2mr.philistine
>1 dlphcoracl: "Beginning next week (Monday, December 12)..." you were not kidding!
Ps. 23:1b
"...I shall not want".
Ps. 23:1b
"...I shall not want".
3SuttonHooPress
Wonderful to see! Thank you.
4CTPress-Tony
The initials were illuminated on all 200 copies? That's a lot of work! Looks beautiful.
5dlphcoracl
>4 CTPress-Tony:
Yes.
Each of the 200 copies has five raised illuminated letters in gold and colors. To see all five of them, go to Chris Adamson's article on Books and Vines (link below) where you can left-click (once, then again!) on them and enlarge them into a macro photo view.
https://booksandvines.com/2011/10/27/the-psalms-of-david-and-others-arion-press/
Yes.
Each of the 200 copies has five raised illuminated letters in gold and colors. To see all five of them, go to Chris Adamson's article on Books and Vines (link below) where you can left-click (once, then again!) on them and enlarge them into a macro photo view.
https://booksandvines.com/2011/10/27/the-psalms-of-david-and-others-arion-press/
6ultrarightist
Absolutely beautiful - I love the elegant simplicity of the typography combined with the illuminated initials.
