Publisher: Carroggio, S.A. de Ediciones / Editorial AHR (Barcelona, Spain) 1969
Binding: Monumental, leather-bound hardcover with elaborate gold embossing, styled after liturgical and collector’s editions; 28 x 20 x 10 cm
Finish: All page edges gilded with 24-karat gold leaf; thick chalk and Bible-weight papers; endpapers with silk bookmarks.
Binding: José Durán y Cia of Barcelona.
Printing: Produced by the Spanish printing house Artes Gráficas Grijelmo in Bilbao.
Paper: Disma-Sarrió , S.A., of Bilbao, also supplied high-quality Indian paper weighing 50 g/m², which was used for the text, as well as Printomat paper weighing 200 g/m², on which Dalí’s lithographs were printed
Contains:
- 4 lithographs/silkscreen prints by Salvador Dalí, signed on the plate; they were painted specifically for this work by Salvador Dalí and printed by Artes Gráficas Grijelmo, S.A., on Printomat paper supplied by Disma-Sarrió, S.A. in Bilbao.
- 100 illustrations of works by Rembrandt, many of which have never been published before, depicting scenes from the Old and New Testaments (e.g., The Offering of Israel, Engravings of the Passion, The Feast of Belshazzar, The Prodigal Son).
- extensive calendars, a biblical chronology, and a list of the pontificates of all popes since A.D. 50
- a dedication and a photograph of Pope Paul VI
The Old Testament translation was done by Fr. Sebastián Bartina (SJ), and the New Testament translation by Fr. Ramón Roquer, Ph.D., both bearing ecclesiastical approval (Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur).
The texts for “Countries and Peoples of the Bible” were written by Dr. Marciano Villanueva Salas, a professor of biblical exegesis and the history of the ancient East. Under his direction, the maps were produced by Publiartigas, S.A., of Barcelona, which was responsible for their artistic interpretation.
