Rituals

1991 · ref. DEMO002909I — Statesboro GA: The Boxwood Press 1991. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. woodblock prints by Solomon. Folio two-tone cloth unpaginated fine in publisher's slipcase The text incorporates poems by David Ignatow Marge Piercy Harvey Shapiro Grace Paley David Meltzer Chana Bloch etc. This is a visionary livres d'artiste by Bernard Solomon. Among his remarkable woodblocks is a multi-block large fold-out print depicting his fantasy perfect Passover one in which he could invite anyone living or dead to partake. Curiously he is not in the scene but is shows Golda Meir and Anwar Sadat Gandhi and Elijah Lincoln and Martin Luther King Rabbi Hillel and Queen Victoria Maimonides and Betty Williams. There are 110 woodcuts in the text 10 smaller mounted folding plates and 9 larger mounted folding plates. This is copy no. 10 of the edition which is limited to only 50 copies signed by the artist Solomon. An absorbing presentation much of it bi-lingual of this timeless prayer. The Boxwood Press hardcover