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Fauna

Designer, concept: Peter Malutzki
Letterpress printer: Peter Malutzki
Categories: Bookwork / Illustrated Books, Letterpress Books, Small Press Books, Verbo-visual Books

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Reference no.:L/Ket.I-Mal.P/97-06/98.00 Place/Shelf:3AL

Book title: Fauna
Year made: 1998
Place made: Germany
Original: Yes
Edition:
(No. in Edition)
40
(30)
Dimensions: 125 x 200
Binder: bound by Ricarda Rau
Physical description: paper case binding, hard cover
Medium: illustrations, text
Further information:
Texts from Brehm's 'Illustriertes Thierleben' (Illustrated life of animals) Vol. 1 'Säugethiere' (Mammals); Vol. 2 'Vögel' (Birds); Vol. 3 'Niedere Thiere' (Lower animals); published 1807 - 1873.
Illustrated with 108 wood engravings of tools printed from the original 19th century blocks, which sit in place of the animals. Each has been ascribed an animals name as per Linnaeus' binomial system of nomenclature.
The text has been printed twice, shifted over each other.

Designer, concept: Peter Malutzki
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Letterpress printer: Peter Malutzki
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IMAGES: Fauna

Fauna - 1

Fauna - 2


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