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The Cycad Collection
Volume 1 Natal Province

Item date(s): 1996

Douglas Goode  - (illustrated by)
John Comrie-Greig  - (text by)
Brett Hendey  - (preface by)
P. Vorster  - (introduction by)
Peter Carstens  - (bookbinder)


Pages: xvii, 45pp + plates
Size: 330mm
Binding: Decorated covers and slipcase
Technique: Hand-coloured stone lithographs; letterpress
Language: English
Inscription: Signed by the author on the title page
Edition: #20/100

Sub-type: Florilegium
Theme(s): Botany

Place publication: Balgowan, RSA
Publisher: The Caversham Press

Additional notes:
Cover 1/4 bound leather with hand screenprinted floral image.

Letterpress text set in Monotype Bembo and printed on Zerkall mould-made paper.

Each illustration hand annotated, in slipcase



Exhibition notes:
Masabelaneni: The Book Arts Archive of The Caversham Press and Centre for Artists and Writers, JGCBA, Johannesburg. 5 September – 14 December 2023.

Keywords: Caversham Centre for Artists and Writers

Ref: GB/30752


















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Coverboard, head and tailband papers with photo-positive image

Coverboard, head and tailband papers

Botanical Art contextual statement by Marion Arnold




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