Accession number
PML 196209
Creator
Muladore, Erin, author.
Published
La Antigua, Guatemala : Libros San Cristobal, 2015.
Credit line
Gift of Joyce Payson, 2015.
Notes
"Letterpress printed in Santiago Zamora, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala by Felipe Bucú Miché. Printed on folio 250 gm cotton paper...Text hand set in Bimbo [sic] and Cochin Open, lead type cast, M&H type, San Francisco, California. Original art, George Grove Oholendt. Illumination by Carlos Bucú Miché. Binding, case and hand stamping, Sergio Bucú Miché. Leather inlay, Rocael Lopez Santos."--Colophon.
This copy is no. 8.
Many pages are on double leaves folded at the outer margin. Additional leaves of cards, intended to be cut out and used, are laid in.
This copy is no. 8.
Many pages are on double leaves folded at the outer margin. Additional leaves of cards, intended to be cut out and used, are laid in.
Description
1 volume ; 20 x 25 cm
Summary
The book combines text -- both prose and verse -- with an original deck of lotería cards created by Geroge Grove Oholendt, each image drawing on Guatemalan themes.
Binding
Bound in full black leather with brown leather inlay in the shape of a dog; text tooled in gold on spine and both boards; hand-made paste-paper endpapers. Housed in a slipcase covered in traditionally woven Guatemalan cloth.
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