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

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

Pamphlet bindings


FA.B16.0260
11 leaves; 33.5 x 23.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches)
1985
Barbara Mauriello
Ed Colker
E.H. Miller
Red Ink
Haybarn Press
New York City
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.