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Gehenna Press. Three Titles from the 1960s.
1) Leonard Baskin's (1922-2000) Laus Pictorum. Portraits of Nineteenth Century Artists, Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1969; limited edition portfolio of 15 prints, each numbered and signed by Baskin in pencil with subject's name embossed on the mat; number 9 of 175 numbered copies from a total edition of 525; printed in red and black; in loose sheets as issued and housed in a morocco chemise and matching leather-backed clamshell box; 14 x 11 in.
2) Hippolytus's Euripides, Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1969; limited edition, folio; copy number 2 of 200 numbered and signed by Leonard Baskin on the limitation page; printed in red and black; bound in half morocco with marbled paper boards, spine with gilt title; accompanied by a matching portfolio containing 10 extra engravings and housed in matching clamshell box; 19 x 12 1/2 in.
3) John Anthony Scott's (1916-2010) edited translation of The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf before the High Court of Vendome, Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1964; limited deluxe edition, folio; copy 36 of 300 numbered copies signed by Baskin on the limitation page, one of 29 that includes an additional suite of etchings in an accompanying cloth portfolio; text printed in red and black; illustrated with 21 etchings on blue paper laid in, each signed by Thomas Cornell in pencil, plus the additional suite, also dated, titled, signed, and numbered by Cornell (total of 42); loose sheets as issued housed in a full red morocco chemise; lettered in gilt and the two portfolios in a clamshell box; 12 1/2 x 8 3/4; box: 16 x 12 in. (3)
