ECCLESIASTES
Short description:
The first edition of the Book of Ecclesiastes brought out by the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house. One of the most enigmatic and ambiguous books of the biblical canon is adorned by colourful illustrations produced by the artist Yury Lyukshin in a technique combining etching and aquatint, then hand-tinted with watercolour.
Artists:
Edition:
25 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 7 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:1994
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Number of pages:96
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Dimensions:464 × 306 mm
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Paper:Hahnemühle, 300 g/m², handmade
This was the first edition of the Book of Ecclesiastes brought out by the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg
publishing house. The second edition came out in 2010, also with illustrations by the artist Yury Lyukshin. In 2019 a third edition of Ecclesiastes appeared with illustrations by Yury Kuper.
Ecclesiastes is a canonical book of the Old Testament, classified as one of the books of wisdom. Its title refers to a man speaking in an assembly, a preacher. Religious tradition ascribes its authorship to King Solomon: “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” (Eccl. 1:1)
Ecclesiastes is a canonical book of the Old Testament, classified as one of the books of wisdom. Its title refers to a man speaking in an assembly, a preacher. Religious tradition ascribes its authorship to King Solomon: “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” (Eccl. 1:1)
This lyrical, philosophical poem is one of the most enigmatic and ambiguous books of the biblical canon. It explores the most complex philosophical issues of the secrets of life and death, justice and injustice, wisdom and folly, love and hate, wealth and poverty. They are all intertwined in the single problem of the incomprehensibility of the meaning of life, which is tightly bound up with the need for faith and filling life’s every moment with special significance.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, layout, engraving of the brass strips on the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Design of the cover — Piotr Suspitsyn (odd-numbered copies)
Design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin (even-numbered copies)
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, layout, engraving of the brass strips on the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Design of the cover — Piotr Suspitsyn (odd-numbered copies)
Design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin (even-numbered copies)
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
The text of the book was typeset by hand in the Palmira typeface from the Bible published by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1988 to mark the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ (the adoption of Christianity by the Eastern Slavs) and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
This edition contains 14 illustrations executed with virtuoso skill by the artist Yury Lyukshin in one of the most difficult and laborious graphic art techniques – etching with aquatint and hand-tinting. They are marked by an original artistic style that has absorbed the traditions of icon-painting and the lubok (popular print).
The artist himself defines it as “a contemporary Russian spiritual lubok” in which the folklore element determines the flowing quality of the lines and the brightness of the colour scheme.
The artist himself defines it as “a contemporary Russian spiritual lubok” in which the folklore element determines the flowing quality of the lines and the brightness of the colour scheme.
The binding of the edition is made of genuine leather in two designs. The top cover of the cover is decorated with brass relief.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
-
Year of publication:1994
-
Number of pages:96
-
Dimensions:464 × 306 mm
-
Paper:Hahnemühle, 300 g/m², handmade
This was the first edition of the Book of Ecclesiastes brought out by the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg
publishing house. The second edition came out in 2010, also with illustrations by the artist Yury Lyukshin. In 2019 a third edition of Ecclesiastes appeared with illustrations by Yury Kuper.
Ecclesiastes is a canonical book of the Old Testament, classified as one of the books of wisdom. Its title refers to a man speaking in an assembly, a preacher. Religious tradition ascribes its authorship to King Solomon: “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” (Eccl. 1:1)
Ecclesiastes is a canonical book of the Old Testament, classified as one of the books of wisdom. Its title refers to a man speaking in an assembly, a preacher. Religious tradition ascribes its authorship to King Solomon: “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” (Eccl. 1:1)
This lyrical, philosophical poem is one of the most enigmatic and ambiguous books of the biblical canon. It explores the most complex philosophical issues of the secrets of life and death, justice and injustice, wisdom and folly, love and hate, wealth and poverty. They are all intertwined in the single problem of the incomprehensibility of the meaning of life, which is tightly bound up with the need for faith and filling life’s every moment with special significance.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, layout, engraving of the brass strips on the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Design of the cover — Piotr Suspitsyn (odd-numbered copies)
Design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin (even-numbered copies)
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, layout, engraving of the brass strips on the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Design of the cover — Piotr Suspitsyn (odd-numbered copies)
Design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin (even-numbered copies)
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Text
The text of the book was typeset by hand in the Palmira typeface from the Bible published by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1988 to mark the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ (the adoption of Christianity by the Eastern Slavs) and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
Illustrations
This edition contains 14 illustrations executed with virtuoso skill by the artist Yury Lyukshin in one of the most difficult and laborious graphic art techniques – etching with aquatint and hand-tinting. They are marked by an original artistic style that has absorbed the traditions of icon-painting and the lubok (popular print).
The artist himself defines it as “a contemporary Russian spiritual lubok” in which the folklore element determines the flowing quality of the lines and the brightness of the colour scheme.
The artist himself defines it as “a contemporary Russian spiritual lubok” in which the folklore element determines the flowing quality of the lines and the brightness of the colour scheme.
Binding
The binding of the edition is made of genuine leather in two designs. The top cover of the cover is decorated with brass relief.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
ECCLESIASTES
One of the most enigmatic and ambiguous books of the biblical canon