Communion to the trees : third morning communion : the Essene Gospel of Peace : book III

Translated by E.B. Szekely. Illuminated by Robert Preston. Townsville and Melbourne : Macmillan, 2002. Oblong folio (23 x 47cm), gilt-lettered cloth in gilt-lettered matching slipcase, pp. [24], illustrated. Limited to 200 numbered copies (this out of series). Note : this book was bound in a variety of different coloured cloths, the copy which you order may be a different colour to that photographed.

“This publication is limited to an edition of 200 copies of which 100 are a special edition including an original work by the artist, Robert Preston, who has created the calligraphies and illumination reproduced in the book.” – colophon.

This collectors’ edition reproduces a unique illuminated manuscript created in Australia by Townsville-based artist, Robert Preston. The text “A Communion to the Trees” is drawn from the Gospels of the Essenes, a sect living in Palestine in Biblical times. Robert Preston draws inspiration from the vegetation of tropical north Queensland in his finely worked illustrations.