The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful

£650.00

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Please note: this book is part of the Open Set exhibitions in San Francisco (18 January to 24 March at the San Francisco Center for the Book) and Denver (2 May to 10 August at the University of Denver). As such delivery will occur late 2025, when the book is returned.

T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, the author of this tract, is known for both his complex and refined full leather bindings and the austere simplicity of his limp vellum bindings. This binding explores the space in between these two, pushing a limp vellum binding in the direction of a fine design binding. The covers feature an abstraction of a layout pattern often employed by Cobden-Sanderson in his fine bindings. The painted endleaves showcase letters from the renowned Doves Type, echoing the printing of the book itself.  

Laced in limp vellum binding with painted endpapers, sprinkled edges, and sewn silk endbands. Cover decoration achieved using a folding / cutting / weaving technique taught by Sol Rebora at 2022 Society of Bookbinders Conference in Bath, England. The vellum has been laminated with painted handmade kozo.

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