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CARVING THE ELEMENTS: A COMPANION TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES
Bringhurst, Robert and Peter Rutledge Koch, et al.
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First edition. This companion piece to The Fragments of Parmenides reveals the "blood, sweat and tears" the creators put into their original book. Carving the Elements tells the detailed story of the making of The Fragments of Parmenides, a grandiose book project meticulously crafted by: master letterpress printer Peter Koch; poet, translator and typographer Robert Bringhurst; punchcutter, type designer, typefounder and poet Dan Carr; master stonecutter and type designer Christopher Stinehour; master bookbinder Daniel Kelm; bookbinder, casemaker and printer Peggy Gotthold; and visual artist and master wood engraver Richard Wagener.
The text of the book, actually written by the book artists themselves, takes the reader through their journey in the making of The Fragmentswith essays including the following: "Philosophy & Printing in the Real West: or Herakleitos in Montana and Fly Fishing on Telegraph Avenue" by Peter Koch; "Deep in the Stone: A Conversation about Hand-Crafted Letters" by Christopher Stinehour; "Parmenides, Craft and Being: Designing and Cutting an Archaic Greek Typeface" by Dan Carr; "Finding the Form of an Ancient Text" by Robert Bringhurst; "A Dream of Pre-Socratic Color: From Joshua Tree to Baudelaire" by Richard Wagener; "How Is It Possible for the "One" to Have So Many Parts?" by Daniel E. Kelm; "Binding Parmenides" by Peggy Gotthold; and "Raven's Wine Cup" by Robert Bringhurst.
Well-illustrated and written by true bibliophiles, "This book is ... a guided tour of ... the philosophy of artisanship, in some of its many forms." Distributed for Editions Koch.
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LECTURES ON THE ART OF ENGRAVING, DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL ...
by Landseer, John
Landseer haslittle concern for the technique of engraving, and instead highlights the discussions about the claim of engraving to be a fine art, rules for the profession of engraver, and if indeed it was a profession.(Bridson & Wakeman B135). The endpapers and blanks are modern with an earlier bookplate from the New Haven Free Library preserved on the front pastedown. The only other indication that this was a library book is a faint stamp on the title page and two numbers written on the verso of the title page. A sheet of paper with notes in Bridson's hand laid-in. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
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