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The Botanical City by Hélèna Dove & Harry Adès
Bound in 2021
Hoxton Mini Press 2020
75 colour botanical illustrations by various artists (originally for Flora Londinensis)
295 x 194 x 21 mm
Full leather binding in yellow goatskin with 62 back-pared onlays in 26 colours. Leather joints and doublures in yellow goatskin. The endpaper sections, located at the beginning and end, are made up of 8 different coloured pages that are hand printed using linoleum blocks on a FAG Swiss Proof 40 (letterpress proofing press) at the London Centre for Book Arts. Hand sewn yellow silk endbands with highlights in assorted colours.
The book combines the highly-detailed illustrations from William Curtis' 18th Century book 'Flora Londinensis' with up-to-date information about the flora, its herbal traditions and long-forgotten ancient wisdom and folklore. The design comes from an abstract composition featuring the silhouetted forms of 43 plants selected from the book.
The binding is housed in a solander box with the title debossed in yellow on the spine and front cover. The walls of the box are covered in 6 different colours to reflect the colours used in the design.
Private Collection, USA
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