THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES or THE PREACHER
Short description:
The second edition of one of the most enigmatic and ambiguous books of the biblical canon to be produced by the Rare Books from Saint Petersburg publishing house. The illustrations by the outstanding artist Yury Lyukshin are fascinating, forcing viewers to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of philosophical allegory and gradually come to comprehend its full depth and multiplicity of meaning.
Artists:
Edition:
26 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 1 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:2010
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Number of pages:88
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Dimensions:530 × 370 mm
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Paper:Velin d`Arches (France), 250 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
The publisher brought out two editions of this highly complex book of the biblical canon – Ecclesiastes that examines the most important questions that worry humanity: the secrets of life and death, justice and injustice, wisdom and folly, love and hate, wealth and poverty. In 1994 it published Ecclesiastes with a print-run of 25 copies and 16 years later, in 2010, The Book of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher with a print-run of 26 copies.
The editions differ in their artistic design: the binding, typeface, method of typesetting and placement of the text, the decoration of the pages, the subjects and composition of the illustrations that were masterfully executed by Yury Lyukshin in a technique combining etching and aquatint, then hand-tinted with watercolour.
The editions differ in their artistic design: the binding, typeface, method of typesetting and placement of the text, the decoration of the pages, the subjects and composition of the illustrations that were masterfully executed by Yury Lyukshin in a technique combining etching and aquatint, then hand-tinted with watercolour.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Layout — Vasiliy Bertels
Hand typesetting of the text — Viktor Okonnikov, Sergei Yashin
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Creation of the silver reliefs — Pavel Yekushev, Victor Nikolsky, Boris Kachalov
Enamel work — Ekaterina Shimanskaya
Creator of the illustrations, design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Layout — Vasiliy Bertels
Hand typesetting of the text — Viktor Okonnikov, Sergei Yashin
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Creation of the silver reliefs — Pavel Yekushev, Victor Nikolsky, Boris Kachalov
Enamel work — Ekaterina Shimanskaya
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.
The artistic embellishment of the biblical text is brought to perfection by exquisitely executed plant ornaments, skilful vignettes containing depictions of animals, birds and ancient biblical symbols, as well as meticulously drawn elegant tailpieces.
The artistic embellishment of the biblical text is brought to perfection by exquisitely executed plant ornaments, skilful vignettes containing depictions of animals, birds and ancient biblical symbols, as well as meticulously drawn elegant tailpieces.
The artist himself defines the illustrations’ original artistic style that has absorbed the traditions of icon-painting and the lubok
(popular print) as “a contemporary Russian spiritual lubok”. Lyukshin, who has been fascinated with religious philosophy since his youth and has made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, did more than reflect his own philosophical thoughts: he managed to convey very precisely the figurative nature of the language in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
This edition of The Book of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher contains 16 illustrations.
This edition of The Book of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher contains 16 illustrations.
The cover is made of combined leather, the endpapers of Italian tapestry fabric.
The front cover is adorned with a composition of reliefs cast from sterling silver finished with chasing and patination. The basis for the design was one of the most symbolic illustrations in the book – an allegorical depiction of the Gates of Paradise.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The front cover is adorned with a composition of reliefs cast from sterling silver finished with chasing and patination. The basis for the design was one of the most symbolic illustrations in the book – an allegorical depiction of the Gates of Paradise.
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:2010
-
Number of pages:88
-
Dimensions:530 × 370 mm
-
Paper:Velin d`Arches (France), 250 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
The publisher brought out two editions of this highly complex book of the biblical canon – Ecclesiastes that examines the most important questions that worry humanity: the secrets of life and death, justice and injustice, wisdom and folly, love and hate, wealth and poverty. In 1994 it published Ecclesiastes with a print-run of 25 copies and 16 years later, in 2010, The Book of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher with a print-run of 26 copies.
The editions differ in their artistic design: the binding, typeface, method of typesetting and placement of the text, the decoration of the pages, the subjects and composition of the illustrations that were masterfully executed by Yury Lyukshin in a technique combining etching and aquatint, then hand-tinted with watercolour.
The editions differ in their artistic design: the binding, typeface, method of typesetting and placement of the text, the decoration of the pages, the subjects and composition of the illustrations that were masterfully executed by Yury Lyukshin in a technique combining etching and aquatint, then hand-tinted with watercolour.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the illustrations, design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Layout — Vasiliy Bertels
Hand typesetting of the text — Viktor Okonnikov, Sergei Yashin
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Creation of the silver reliefs — Pavel Yekushev, Victor Nikolsky, Boris Kachalov
Enamel work — Ekaterina Shimanskaya
Creator of the illustrations, design of the cover — Yury Lyukshin
Layout — Vasiliy Bertels
Hand typesetting of the text — Viktor Okonnikov, Sergei Yashin
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Andrei Kulikov
Creation of the silver reliefs — Pavel Yekushev, Victor Nikolsky, Boris Kachalov
Enamel work — Ekaterina Shimanskaya
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.
The artistic embellishment of the biblical text is brought to perfection by exquisitely executed plant ornaments, skilful vignettes containing depictions of animals, birds and ancient biblical symbols, as well as meticulously drawn elegant tailpieces.
The artistic embellishment of the biblical text is brought to perfection by exquisitely executed plant ornaments, skilful vignettes containing depictions of animals, birds and ancient biblical symbols, as well as meticulously drawn elegant tailpieces.
Illustrations
The artist himself defines the illustrations’ original artistic style that has absorbed the traditions of icon-painting and the lubok
(popular print) as “a contemporary Russian spiritual lubok”. Lyukshin, who has been fascinated with religious philosophy since his youth and has made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, did more than reflect his own philosophical thoughts: he managed to convey very precisely the figurative nature of the language in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
This edition of The Book of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher contains 16 illustrations.
This edition of The Book of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher contains 16 illustrations.
Binding
The cover is made of combined leather, the endpapers of Italian tapestry fabric.
The front cover is adorned with a composition of reliefs cast from sterling silver finished with chasing and patination. The basis for the design was one of the most symbolic illustrations in the book – an allegorical depiction of the Gates of Paradise.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The front cover is adorned with a composition of reliefs cast from sterling silver finished with chasing and patination. The basis for the design was one of the most symbolic illustrations in the book – an allegorical depiction of the Gates of Paradise.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES or THE PREACHER
One of the most enigmatic and ambiguous books of the biblical canon