AUX ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE.
Mezzotintes gravure by Judith Rothchild.
- (Octon, France): Verdigris, (2007].
- 8vo
- Brown marbled paper boards with the title blind-embossed on the front, black cloth spine and fore-edges, paper spine label, lighter brown marbled paper slipcase lined with black paper
- (12) pages
- ISBN: 2914061188
Price: $700.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 138531
One of 45 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. A fine copy in near fine slipcase. A scarce Artists' Book.
Based on an open letter written by Victor Hugo on December 2, 1859, that was published by the press on both sides of the Atlantic, with a plea to the citizens of the American republic not to put to death the abolitionist John Brown.
Judith Rothchild has taken the text of the letter, bound it leporello (concertina) style, with two short accordion folds on each board with the French language on the left and English on the right; in the middle is a masterful maniere noire (a form of aquatint) depicting the shackled feet of a hanged man. Printed on Rives BFK paper, the gravure on Hahnemuhle paper. There are six leaves on each side of the book, with the double-page gravure in the middle.