Description
From the Thornwillow Press, Monticello and the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson by Wendell D. Garrett.
Folio, 131pp, [7]. Half dark brown morocco, textured paper boards, title in gilt on spine, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Printed on handmade paper crafted at The Cardinal Mill in Moravia, uncut edges, top edge gilt. Includes 14 hand-printed engravings, all with tissue covers. Housed in the publisher’s black cloth clamshell, lined with silk, title in gilt on spine, bumped lower corners, light sunning to top quarter. From a limited edition of 250 copies, this being number 11. Signed by the authors, Wendell D. Garrett and William L. Beiswanger.
Includes 14 hand-printed architectural drawings of Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello. The plates were engraved by Lothar Osterburg, hand-inked and hand-pulled by Jan Mauler. A beautiful production. Includes a copy of the publisher’s prospectus.
