Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron

by Thomas. Lance Hidy. David Bourbeau Boreman

$2,750 · Offered by The Veatchs Arts of the Book

David R. Godine, 1970. 5 1/4 x 8. 8 leaves with 3 delicate hand colored etchings and two wood engravings by Lance Hidy. Bound by David Bourbeau at his Thistle Bindery in a tri-fold of leaf green morocco and Gampi paper. The seemingly random gold dots represent the flight of the mayflies. About the design, David writes Everything springs from the Hidy etching toward the back: shape, color, tri-fold, & material. Fine in matching tray case. Item #10444

• Binding: Leather

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