Unique artists’ book. Signed by the artist. Book consists of hand painted and hand cut pages. Bound in a hand made cover and accompanied by a cloth wrapping.
Requires a custom box for long term preservation.
Unique artists’ book. Signed by the artist. Book consists of hand painted and hand cut pages. Bound in a hand made cover and accompanied by a cloth wrapping.
Requires a custom box for long term preservation.
Limited edition artists’ book. Special Collections' copy is number 52 of 100. Consists of envelopes containing printed cards. From the colophon: "...[Y]ou can take all the cards out and: A. Read the book without the cards / B. Shuffle the cards and make your own story with them alone / C. Put the cards back into the envelopes in a totally different order and read the book again / D. Take the cards out and put them back in the original order using the color codes and numbers as your guide / E. All of the above."
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Limited edition artists’ book. Wolf Vostell was an artist associated with the Happenings movement and a co-founder of Fluxus. This boxed consists of a translation of texts used by Vostell in various Happenings he created, a set of posters documenting some of Vostell's de-coll/ages, a pack of Bromo Seltzer pasted to a sheet of aluminum foil, and a photograph of Vostell.
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This book consists of selections from the writings of Cassius Dio (c. 155-235), a Roman statesman and historian who published 80 volumes on ancient Roman history; and selections by Spartianus, Capitolinus, Lampridius and Gallicanus from Scriptoes historiae Augustae, a compilation of works by six different authors written during the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine I and consisting of thirty biographies of Roman emperors.
Box and conservation: Spine requires resewing; vellum cover and spine needs cleaning and general repair. Requires a custom box for long term preservation.
Limited edition artists’ book. Special Collections' copy is number 21 of 25. From the colophon: "Various worn handset types are paired with excerpts from admired authors, all printed letterpress." Printed on Japanese paper, set into covers of hand printed aquatints. Signed by the artist.
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Limited edition artists’ book. Special Collections' copy is number 7 of 20. Signed by the artists. Series of portfolios of gardens; each consists of a poem accompanied by original drawings of flora by the artists.
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Gustav Karpeles devoted himself to research in German and Jewish literature. Karpeles was the founder of the weekly Juedische Presse, and over the course of his career, was the editor of this journal, as well as of a number of literary journals in Germany. Karpeles published five books on Heinrich Heine, and four editions of his work. His most important contribution to Jewish scholarship was the two-volume Geschichte der juedischen Literatur (1886, 1920–23; partial tr. History of Jewish Literature, n.d.). Karpeles was not an original or profound scholar, but he did much to popularize Jewish literature and history.
Front cover is detached; front and back covers need repair; spine needs repair. Requires a custom box for long term preservation.
Grafton's Chronicles, published in 1568-69, is one of a series of English chronicles (histories) published during this period, mainly as rebuttals to the work of contemporary printers. Grafton was, at one point, the royal printer to King Edward VI, and had as his patron Thomas Cromwell. He is also known for his publication of a new English translation of the Bible, a project overseen by Thomas Cranmer.
Front and back boards off textblock, sections of text detached; needs repair. Requires a custom box for long term preservation.
Jean Froissart was a French-speaking author and historian from the Netherlands who wrote court histories, a long Arthurian romance, and penned a large body of poetry. His most famous work is the "Chronicles", a history of the Hundred Years' War, beginning with the deposition of Edward II in 1326 and covering the period up until 1400. It recounts events not only in England, France, Scotland, and the Low Countries, but also the Iberian Peninsula, Germany, Ireland, the Balkans, Cyprus, Turkey and North Africa. It has long been considered a vital source for informing our understanding of 14th century Europe. It is also one of the longest works written in French prose during the late Middle Ages.
Paper binding worn, and loose at spine, may need repair. Requires a custom box for long term preservation.
Ludovico Domenichi was an Italian translator, known for his editions and translations of classical works, including Xenophon, Plutarch, and Pliny the Elder. He was court historian to Cosimo I Medici of Florence, who released him from imprisonment from the Inquisition for his translations of the works of the Protestant cleric John Calvin.
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