Cat.No: 210663 Olympe & Henriette; A New Concept of a Late 1800's French Farce. Jean Marie Mathias Phillipe August Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Compte de, Joe D'Ambrosio, Joseph J., author, book design.
Olympe & Henriette; A New Concept of a Late 1800's French Farce
Olympe & Henriette; A New Concept of a Late 1800's French Farce
Olympe & Henriette; A New Concept of a Late 1800's French Farce
Olympe & Henriette; A New Concept of a Late 1800's French Farce

Olympe & Henriette; A New Concept of a Late 1800's French Farce

Sherman Oaks CA: D'Ambrosio [Studios], 1992. Hardcover. No. 46 of 75 copies (plus 10 artist's proofs); an artist's book, "Designed and produced by D'ambrosio.... printed on Madeleine Pestiaux's handmade "Misty Rose" paper, using Vandercook No. 4 proof press, with Van Son's inks: Brick Dust and Slate Gray. All multicolored areas obtained through the medium of seriography." "Hand sewn in a book-in-a-box modular-type binding using decorative fabric and Roma paper over archival boards. Folds for all two-level pages are backed with fabric for durability." Unsunned, unmarked exemplar : a pop-up book of mild erotic and/or transcendental substance. This cloth-backed item (printed paper spine label, floral boards) is accompanied by a half-dozen or so enclosures and letters that advertise this and other projects by the binder/designer.

Cat.No: 210663

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