OVID: STORIES FROM THE METAMORPHOSES

Verlag: Shanty Bay Press, (Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada), 2013

Beschreibung

small folio. quarter clafskin over Japanese Gampi paper boards, slipcase. 133, (2) pages. Illustrations by Walter Bachinski. Privately printed in an edition of 70 copies, of which this is one of 60 numbered copies signed by both artists and bound thus. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy in fine slipcase. This book is a selection of 15 stories from Ovids Metamorphoses, which have been chosen by the artists, Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler. From the colophon: "Ovid's Metamorphoses is the sixth publication of Shanty Bay Press & was completed in January 2013. There are 70 copies for sale in two states. The Regular Edition, numbered 1-60 is quarter bound in clafskin with Japanese Gampi paper over boards. The Deluxe Edition, numbered I-X is fully bound in calfskin with a portfolio containing 16 photogravures from the book. Both are slipcased. The type is 16 point Bembo & is printed on 200 gsm Arches Cover. The book was designed by Janis Butler and Walter Bachinski. Walter Bachinski's drawings were printed by Jon Goodman using the technique of photogravure. Both the printing of the text & the binding were done by Janis Butler. It was the encouragement and generosity of Eyal Reingold and Elizabeth Bosman that made using the photogravure process a real possibility." From the artists' website: "We have chosen familiar tales including the "Transformation of Daphne", the "Story of Phaeton", and the stories of Pygmalion and Polyphemus. These archetypal myths have influenced literature, music and the visual arts for many centuries. The translation is the one compiled by Sir Samuel Garth in 1715, in which he used leading poets of the era such as John Dryden and Joseph Addison. The book has been jointly conceived by Janis Butler and Walter Bachinski. The pochoir lettering and illustrations are by Walter Bachinski. Printing on a Vandercook Universal 1 and the binding were done by Janis Butler." quarter clafskin over Japanese Gampi paper boards, slipcase. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 139490

Bibliografische Details

Titel: OVID: STORIES FROM THE METAMORPHOSES

Verlag: Shanty Bay Press, (Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada)

Erscheinungsdatum: 2013

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Shanty Bay Press

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers