Yerbas Poderosas

Each page is made from a different plant: plantain, sunflower, basil, onion, sugarcane, corn, garlic, parsley, rosemary, and tobacco. Each page is also printed letterpress, identifying the plant with local and scientific names, associated deities, spiritual powers, and then a long description of its medicinal properties and local uses. Some pages also feature collagraphs by José Emilio Leyva Azze. The text is printed on antique presses: a Merganthaler Linotype machine originally manufactured in 1900 and an 1899 Gordon and Price press using 19th century type. A stunning production.

Accompanied by a ceritficate of authenticity indicating that this copy is no. 21 from a total production of 50 copies. In Spanish.

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