THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PHILIP 2006 The Petrarch Press Hardcover in Slipcase Rare

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Hardcover with additional transparent cover in Slipcase, Handmade Paper, Limited Edition, 100 numbered copies (13-112) on handmade Ruscombe Mills paper; bound in Roma-covered boards with slipcase.

From Petrarch Press:
Our edition of The Gospel According to Philip is modeled on the first book issued by Peter Bishop’s Petrarch Press, The Gospel According to Thomas (1986). Hand set and printed on our nineteenth-century Albion handpress, The Gospel According to Philip is 6 x 9 inches in size, with twelve copies printed on sheepskin parchment, and 100 copies printed on dampened handmade paper, produced especially for the Press by Ruscombe Mills in France. The text is set in the beautiful Dante Roman type, with each verse separated by ornaments in red. Both the paper and the parchment editions are bound in simple Roma-covered boards with a printed spine label, and are protected by a matching slipcase. The text runs to 34 pages and is preceded by a brief introduction.

    <<And the companion of the [savior is] Mary Magdalene. [The savior] loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her [mouth]. The rest of the disciples… They said to him, “Why do you love her more than all of us?‚” The Savior answered and said to them, “Why do I not love you like her? When a blind man and one who sees are both together in darkness, they are no different from one another. When the light comes, then he who sees will see the light, and he who is blind will remain in darkness.”>>