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Title
Sylvæ : fifty specimens printed directly from the wood with historical anecdotes & observations / Ben Verhoeven & Gaylord Schanilec
Creator
Verhoeven, Ben
Contributor
Schanilec, Gaylord
Publisher
[Stockholm, Wis.] : Midnight Paper Sales
Date
2008
Physical Description
177 pages : color illustrations (some folded) ; 40 cm.
Description
Bound in quarter leather Medieval style laced wooden board binding. Contained in an enclosure along with a separate box of 25 specimens (one for each species represented). "26 lettered copies printed by Ben Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec. The text was cast monotype cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler in Monotype Bembo, and printed on a special making of Zerkall no. 7625. Bound by Craig Jensen and Gary McLerran. Woodwork by Dick Sorenson. The wood used in printing and binding came from Farm 590"--Colophon. Also printed in a standard edition of 120 in 2007. Includes bibliographical notes and index.
Local Note
Photographed and posted with permission of the artist.
Skidmore has copy lettered K.
Skidmore has copy lettered K.
Archive Location
Artists' Books Folio - Call Number: N7433.35.U6 S92 2008
Content Type(s)
text
physical object
still image
physical object
still image
Language(s)
English
Rights Statement
IN COPYRIGHT
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Identifier
392861