quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards
1967 · Pittsfield
by Baskin, Leonard
Pittsfield: Gehenna Press, 1967. quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. Gehenna Press. tall 8vo. quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. 25, (5) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is one of 200 numbered copies bound thus. "A tour de force of typographic play" - (Baskin 51). Very slight rubbing to the gilt title on spine, else a fine copy. Flosculi Sententiarum (or 'Thoughtful Flowers') uses fleurons that belonged to Bruce Rogers and appropriately printed in Rogers' Centaur type. The text consists of aphorisms in Latin, English, German, Spanish and French. Printed in various colors and gold, with some pages taking up to nine passes through the press. The paper was handmade in France in 1905 and purchased for this book from an antiquarian bookseller.
(Inventory #: 59331)