Gardens of Delight. Bouquets of Flora and Botanical Poetry
by [Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl and Jim Machacek
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Bay Park Press / False Bay Editions, 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 12 of 20 copies. Founded by Sibyl Rubottom and Jim Machacek in 2000, the Bay Park Press produces artists' books, offers classes, and holds book arts' exhibitions. Their books address a wide range of subjects from the universe to gardening to opera to Yiddish and more. Most are letterpress printed, many have moveable pieces, and all are illustrated. This out-of print book is an exquisite work from Sibyl Rubottom and Jim Machacek. It was inspired by Sibyl's interest in all things botanical and Jim's family heritage. The result is what they hoped for - "a riotous colorscape for your senses" - with rich and luminous colors and beautiful illustrations. It includes 14 unbound folded folio sized leaves that are housed in a folding case. Twelve of the leaves are dedicated to different types of gardens, each in a different color, with designs and writings to reflect that garden. The gardens are: Japanese, butterfly, desert, night, orchid, primordial, mystical, rose, water, Eros, secret, and herb. Each features a poem or prose by such writers as John Milton, Rumi, Homer, Lord Byron, Robert Frost, Oscar Wilde, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The two other folded leaves are for the title and for the colophon. Printed on Fabriano Rosapina Blanco paper in Venus, Edwardian Script, and Palatino typefaces using letterpress, monoprint, and intaglio techniques. Housed in a custom box in brown cloth lined with handmade paper. The covers open from the middle with a title label on one side and a small metal rectangle with wooden peg closure on the other. In fine condition. Unpaginated. [56 pages.] Size: 13.5 inches tall by 9.5 inches wide by 1.5 inches thick. The leaves are about 12.75 x 9 inches. ARTISTSBOOKS/081612.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26103
- Title
- Gardens of Delight. Bouquets of Flora and Botanical Poetry
- Author
- [Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl and Jim Machacek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bay Park Press / False Bay Editions
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 2009
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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The Kelmscott Bookshop
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Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Unbound
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- Folio
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- Fine
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- Colophon
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