Alchemy & marbling
Bound in black boards with leather spine, sewn on 5 red parchment strips. The spine has gilt specks applied randomly; the author and title are printed on a paper label affixed to the spine. The front cover has an enlarged version of one of the ills. from the text along with the title and author. The front and back endpapers are marbled papers
Watson Library copy: signed and dated by Karli Frigge, January 11, 1997
Artwork Details
- Title: Alchemy & marbling
- Artist: Karli Frigge (Dutch, born Rotterdam, 1943)
- Date: 1996
- Geography: Joppe, Netherlands
- Dimensions: 65 pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; Height: 10 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (26 × 29 cm)
- Object Number: N7433.4.F75 A83 1996
- Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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