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Three Taino Myths / Aurora De Armendi

Pamphlet bindings

FA.B94.1491
Fine Art Collection
10 leaves; 26 cm.
2013
Center for Book Arts
Aurora De Armendi
Ramón Pané
Pamphlet bindings, Taino, letterpress printing
Numbered 2 out of an edition of 15. A hand-sewn Black cover with grey interior leaves, printed on Somerset Book Soft White text weight paper. Letterpressed with 12-point Bembo, 10-point Stymie Medium Italic, and 30-36 point Spartan Black type. Desiged and printed as part of the artist's 2013 Scholars for Advanced Study in Book Arts Residency. Text is excerpted from "An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians" by Fray Ramon Pane, edited by Juan Jose Arom and translated by Susan C. Griswold. The text tells of the Taino stories of their origin.