New York: Pantheon Books, 1964. First Edition. Oblong 12mo with navy and tan half-cloth boards in blue, cream and grey price-clipped jacket; goldenrod endpapers; 32 unnumbered pages: illustrations; 18 x 24 cm DJ near fine with slightest edgewear, mylar covering has tape shadows; a near fine copy. Price-clipped jacket. Hardcover.
Scarce. Contains promotional flyer, laid in, for Ben Shahn 1979 art show. "Let men worship God according to their image of him. "I have no anger for their divergences; only let them know, let them love, let them remember." This--in essence-- is the message inherent in the brief but moving essay on freedom of worship that makes up the content of this book. It was written by Maximus of Tyre, a Greek philosopher of the second century A.D.. Ben Shahn, inspired by its poetry and the timeless beauty and value of the words, has lettered the entire text with that love and care that distinguish a graphic masterpiece." --Jacket copy / Christian art and symbolism, Private press books (Publishing) Meriden Gravure Company
