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Specimens of Diverse Characters

Item date(s): 2011

Russell Maret
Craig Jensen  - (bookbinding by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 415mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #17/50


Publisher: Artists Book

Additional notes:
Designed and printed by Russell Maret. The paper was handmade with two custom watermarks at Velke Losiny, Czech Republic. The type and images were predominantly printed from photopolymer plates with the exception of Iohann Titling, Nicolas, and Lisbon Ornaments which were printed from new foundry type manufactured by Micah Currier at the Dale Guild Type Foundry. The image on the Aeschulus page was drawn directly on the page with candle smoke. The binding was designed and executed by Craig Jensen at Book Lab II.

Seventy copies were made. Fifty-five copies, numbered 1-50 and AP1-AP5, are bound in quarter leather with paper covered boards printed from foundry Lisbon ornaments. Fifteen copies, lettered A-Q, are bound in full leather using two different skins. They are accompanied by a suite of prints and a form of Iohann Titling type.

Brown drop-back box with red leather title on the spine.

Included in the special exhibition at the Library of Congress on 19th April, 2013 for CODEX Mexico.

Including a separate sheet in Additional Material: A for Arrangement

Ref: GB/13053



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