Mrs Delany Meets Herr Haeckel.

(Heavenly Monkey Editions) HODGSON (Barbara)

Mrs Delany Meets Herr Haeckel.

Radiolaria, tetracoralla, pediastra, etc., rendered in paper mosaicks.

Description: ONE OF 6 A.P. COPIES (from an edition of 31 copies), signed by the author, printer (Rollin Milroy) and binder (Claudia Cohen), 43 cut-paper tipped-in interpretations of microscopic organisms over 11 plates, mounted on Arches (white), Ingres (cream) and Hahnemuhle Ingres (black) paper, 11 further cut-out interpretations and ornaments within the text, including the spectral frontispiece and colophon, where text is printed in overlapping circles around red tipped-in branching device, pp. 16, [vi], [22, plates], [iv], 8vo, polished dark brown morocco by Claudia Cohen, boards gilt-ruled with onlay russet corners with gilt fleurons, both boards with intricate gilt device, the cover's device over russet onlays, spine lettered in gilt with angled gilt stripes, head and foot with russet gilt-stamped onlays, clamshell box with marbled edges and spine with gilt morocco label repeating book spine design, fine

Publication Details: [Vancouver], 2016

Notes: An exquisite book, engendered from research for Hodgson and Cohen's 2013 tour-de-force, Cutting Paper, in which technique and subject-matter are perfectly aligned. Inspired by the artistic renderings of the microscopic discoveries of the biologist Ernst Haeckel (1851-1911), who discovered thousands of species, particularly single-celled organisms, and the intricate paper mosaicks of Mary Delany, whose highly detailed and accurate botanical collages were brought to a wider public by the 2009 John Soane's Museum exhibition and subsequent book, Mrs. Delany & her Circle, the author has produced an...moreAn exquisite book, engendered from research for Hodgson and Cohen's 2013 tour-de-force, Cutting Paper, in which technique and subject-matter are perfectly aligned. Inspired by the artistic renderings of the microscopic discoveries of the biologist Ernst Haeckel (1851-1911), who discovered thousands of species, particularly single-celled organisms, and the intricate paper mosaicks of Mary Delany, whose highly detailed and accurate botanical collages were brought to a wider public by the 2009 John Soane's Museum exhibition and subsequent book, Mrs. Delany & her Circle, the author has produced an immaculately executed creation, using blades, scissors and a screw punch and papers 'In the spirit of Mary Delany... bought, traded and scrounged from a variety of sources' (p.15) HIDE

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Price: £2,950

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 2016

Stock Number: 74951

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