Selections from The Essay on Nature / Ed Colker; Ralph Waldo Emerson

Identifier:FA.B16.0260

Dimensions:11 leaves; 33.5 x 23.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches)

Creation dates:1985

Description:Number 134 in an Edition of 200, numbered and signed by the artist. Purple, quatrifold, textured paper wrappers with deckle edges; grey end papers. Text is excerpted from "Nature" (Emerson, 1836). Lithographic illustrations present abstract, water-like compositions. CBA copy contains one inset lithograph, "Lagoon of the Old Manse(?)"; signed and numbered by the artist. "Text in Palatino composed by VPI under the supervision of I. Blumenthal and H. Stalder; Frontispiece printed on Rives BFK; drawings are offset lithography by Red Ink; Binding assistance provided by B. Mauriello. Emerson's signature was reproduced with permission by The Fales Library at New York University.