LIBELLUS; OR ABOUT MY LITTLE BOOKS.
- London: Susan Allix, 2004.
- square 12mo (11 x 12 cm)
- bordeaux morocco spine with hand made lacquered paper over boards with leather onlays
- (27) leaves
Price: $650.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 141939
Privately printed in an edition of 40 numbered copies signed by Susan Allix. A fine copy in fine publisher's decorated cardstock case.
"The Roman poet Martial was born in Spain in about AD 40. He had a successful career in Rome, where he wrote his 1561 short poems. He is generally regarded as the creator of the modern epigram.
LIBELLUS is hand printed by etching, lino-cut and letterpress on mould-made paper. The typeface is Centaur." - Colophon
Born in 1934, Susan Allix attended the Royal College of Art to become skilled in bookbinding and typesetting. Her book art is held in many public and private collections worldwide, with the most concentrated collections being held in the UK, at Yale, and at the Smithsonian.