Accordion folded strip, with 6 Italian postage stamps commemorating St. Francis of Assisi mounted to various pages. " ... Calligraphy & illumination: E. Helene Sherman. Binding: Bela & Mariana Blau. Layout: Robert E. Massmann."--Colophon. Limited to 250 copies. Also published in a deluxe ed. in Italian and English and including additional miniature illustrations, bound by Robert E. Massmann, in a printing limited to 150 copies, which was printed for the second convention of the Miniature Book Society, Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass., June 29 - July 2, 1984. Library has 2 copies: Copy 1 is "1984b" number 18; bound in blue pigskin with gold print on spine, and blue ribbon with medallion of St. Francis of Assisi attached; issued in white paper slipcase. Copy number 2 is "1984a" deluxe edition number 18, bound in brown fabric with marbled end papers and additional hand-painted illustrations by E. Helen Sherman; brown paper slipcase. Library copy also has paper copy of the Sh'ma Yisrael tucked inside book, printed in Hebrew, with handwritten note "Copy of the "Sh'ma" "Hear O Israel the Lord our God, the Lord is One." IaU
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