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Perfection, way, origin

Title: Perfection, way, origin / text, Jean Starobinski ; etchings, Terry Winters ; translated by Richard Pevear.
Author: Starobinski, Jean.
Publication: Bay Shore, N.Y. : Universal Limited Art Editions, c2001.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Amer. 2001 04-42	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

1 case (2 v., 1 portfolio) : ill.; 52 cm.

Uniform Title

Perfection, le chemin, l'origine. English & French

Alternative Title

Perfection, le chemin, l'origine.
Set of ten.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Livres d'artistes – United States – 21st century.
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Perpetua Mau.
Aluminum bindings (Binding) – United States – 21st century.
Bookbinding (Binding) – Metal bindings.
Metal.
Aluminum (Metal).

Note

"Edition of 38 plus nine artist's proofs and six printer's proofs"--Colophon (in vol. containing English text).
English text is translation of: La perfection, le chemin, l'origine.
Title page information transcribed from t.p. and colophon of vol. containing English text.
Vol. containing French text has special t.p., which reads: La perfection, le chemin, l'origine / Jean Starobinski.
"Perfection, way, origin comprises this book, a set of ten etchings and a bound copy of the French text enclosed in an aluminum box ... The [English] text ... was typeset in 36 point Perpetua Mau by Richard Hunt at Archetype and printed on a hand-fed letterpress on Lana Gravure paper ... The ... French text was set in 13 point Perpetua Mau and printed on a hand-fed offset lithography press on Lana Gravure paper. The book and box were designed by Terry Winters and Bruce Mau Design Inc., Bruce Mau with Barr Gilmore ... Etchings and text were printed at ULAE by Doug Bennett ... [and others]"--Colophon.
English text printed in several colors, on double leaves.
Illustrations: 28 prints (in vol. containing English text) : relief etching, b&w ; various sizes, each on otherwise blank p. -- 10 prints (in portfolio) : relief etching, b&w ; 48 x 38 cm. (plate mark 35 x 28 cm.). "The etchings, titled Set of ten, were printed on custom handmade Ruscombe Mill paper"--Colophon.
Binding (vol. containing English text): Light beige paper boards, with blind-impressed lettering. The vol. containing French text is stitched into light beige paper covers; the portfolio is constructed of the same paper; both with blind-impressed lettering. The whole is housed in a felt-lined hinged aluminum clamshell case with engraved lettering. "The bindings and folder were created by Claudia Cohen using a custom handmade UICB paper. The box was constructed by The Aluminium Case Company"--Colophon.

Language (note)

English and French in separate volumes, respectively [58] p. and [10] p.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2001 04-42

OCLC

NYPG04-B168

Author

Starobinski, Jean.

Title

Perfection, way, origin / text, Jean Starobinski ; etchings, Terry Winters ; translated by Richard Pevear.

Imprint

Bay Shore, N.Y. : Universal Limited Art Editions, c2001.

Language

English and French in separate volumes, respectively [58] p. and [10] p.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 12/38; signed in pencil by the author and the artist and dated "2001" in colophon. Each of the 10 etchings in the portfolio is numbered 12/38 and signed in pencil by the artist.

Added Author

Pevear, Richard, 1943-

Winters, Terry. Illustrator. Book designer

Mau, Bruce. Book designer

Cohen, Claudia, 1953- Binder

Bruce Mau Design. Book designer

Universal Limited Art Editions (Firm) Publisher. Printer

Hunt, Richard. Compositor

Archetype (Firm) Compositor

Aluminium Case Company. Binder

Added Title

Set of ten.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2001 04-42

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