Fishing in Canada. Montreal: Canadian National Railways, ca 1930.
Aspects of exposed structure are part of the aesthetic of this Even More Simplified binding. Boards covered in coho salmon parchment processed by the binder and dyed in indigo, pomegranate and cochineal. Parchment backed with Roma handmade paper, some visible on the rear board. Goatskin spine wrapper laced on with linen sewing cords made by the binder. Attachment of parchment to the boards is reinforced with salmon parchment tackets, these and the endcaps are painted with shell gold. Hahnemühle Ingres endpapers with Roma flexi flyleaves and pastedowns. Rolled leather endbands. Hand titled in 22 kt gold foil. Bound 2025.
8 3/16 x 5 x 7/8”
20.7 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
Book was a garage sale find, a gift from a colleague missing the original cover, which was scanned and printed from a similar edition. A 1923 edition of the missing map was located online, printed on handmade Akbar paper, and sewn in on a guard. Map courtesy of the University of British Columbia Library Digitization Centre and its generous donors. <http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0343188>
Fishing in Canada. Montreal: Canadian National Railways, ca 1930.
Aspects of exposed structure are part of the aesthetic of this Even More Simplified binding. Boards covered in coho salmon parchment processed by the binder and dyed in indigo, pomegranate and cochineal. Parchment backed with Roma handmade paper, some visible on the rear board. Goatskin spine wrapper laced on with linen sewing cords made by the binder. Attachment of parchment to the boards is reinforced with salmon parchment tackets, these and the endcaps are painted with shell gold. Hahnemühle Ingres endpapers with Roma flexi flyleaves and pastedowns. Rolled leather endbands. Hand titled in 22 kt gold foil. Bound 2025.
8 3/16 x 5 x 7/8”
20.7 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
Book was a garage sale find, a gift from a colleague missing the original cover, which was scanned and printed from a similar edition. A 1923 edition of the missing map was located online, printed on handmade Akbar paper, and sewn in on a guard. Map courtesy of the University of British Columbia Library Digitization Centre and its generous donors. <http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0343188>
