Olympe and Henriette.
Livre d'Art by D'Ambrosio. 1992. Number 11 of 75 copies, signed by the artist Joseph D'Ambrosio. Hand sewn signatures bound in to the handmade case of pale blue cloth pillared spine over floral print fabric-covered boards, paper label spine. Faint stain to upper edge of clamshell, spine a little dull, overall near fine to fine. Item #142972
With an Introduction by Patrick Magarick and Handmade Paper by Madeleine Pestiaux
BEAUTIFUL DECADENCE, BEAUTIFUL BOOK
Taken from the collection "Sardonic Tales" published in English in 1927, this story written by the little-known romantic Symbolist poet and playwright, tells the tale of two Parisian women. The prose is beautifully crafted as is the book that contains it, a whimsical, complex feat of paper engineering and delicate touches, such as scalloped edges and swatches of serigraph color overlays, and cutouts within pop-up page settings supported by fabric attachments. The typeface is Greeting Monotone. The esperience is delightful.
Price: $400.00