Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gross, Roni
2. Al-Rawi, Najah.
3. Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. [26] leaves : ill. (1 col.); 24 x 28 cm.

Subject

1. Tales > Iraq
2. Artists' books

Genre/Form

1. Artists' books – United States.
2. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Post Antiqua.
3. Artists' books.

Call number

1. *KP (Center) 05-104

Note

1. "There are 50 copies, printed in two editions: twenty-five numbered 1-25 are reserved for Patron Level members of the Center for Book Arts; the remaining twenty-five, numbered i-xx, with five additional artist proofs, were printed on Somerset and Hiromi papers and bound in brocade"--Colophon.
2. "Designed, letterpress printed from magnesium and photopolymer plates and bound by Roni Gross at the Center for Book Arts.Text is set in Post Antiqua, and printed on Somerset paper, with calligraphy by Najah Al-Rawi"--Colophon.
3. Text comprises four signatures gathered in fours, with the ill. printed on translucent sheets inserted as overlays in the 2nd and 3rd signatures, on the first leaf of the last signature and on translucent sheet inserted in last signature. First leaf of first signature has blind-impressed design and title in Arabic; last 2 leaves in the last signature are blank; last leaf slides into a pocket in the portfolio cover.
4. Illustrations comprise 8 reproductions of monochrome calligraphic brush and ink drawings resembling doorways, printed from polymer plates on translucent Hiromi paper; 1 full-page collograph on Somerset paper; 1 design depicting a hennaed hand and 1 reproduction of calligraphic design, on Hiromi paper. Text blocks making up the story are printed in different shapes, which fit within the frames formed by the "doorways" upon the Hiromi paper overlays preceding them.

Binding (note)

1. Issued stitched, in brocade-covered portfolio with floral print, lined with silk and marbled paper; latched in the middle of the divided upper cover with a metal clasp.

Title

1. She who saw with her heart.

Imprint

1. New York City : Roni Gross, 1997.

Binding

1. Issued stitched, in brocade-covered portfolio with floral print, lined with silk and marbled paper; latched in the middle of the divided upper cover with a metal clasp.

Local note

1. NYPL copy is no. ii/xx; signed by Roni Gross.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Gross, Roni, book designer, printer. Binder
2. Al-Rawi, Najah. Illustrator
3. Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.)

Research call number

1. *KP (Center) 05-104