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It’s Fine Press Friday!
Special Collections just keeps on giving. Every time I find a book with amazing original prints I think for sure its the last, but there are more!
This week we bring you Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress, by English writer Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) with woodcuts by Austrian printmaker, Bernd Kroeber (B.1942), printed in 1976 at The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont for the members of The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 2000 copies signed by the artist. It was first printed for Thomas Warner at the Black-Boy in Paternoster Row, London in 1724.
Bernd Kroeber cut twelve full page two-color woodcuts and fourteen smaller black-and-white woodcuts to illustrate this text. The prints embrace the grain of the wood blocks and the expressive cuts and figures seem to reference back to German Expressionist printmakers, like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Roxana could be considered a proto-feminist character, as she raises concerns over sexual freedom and women’s right to own their own estate. Roxana is quoted saying “the Marriage Contract is...nothing but giving up Liberty, Estate, Authority, and everything, to the Man.”
Book designer Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) designed this book using Bembo type and larger sizes of Bembo and Goudy Ornate for display lines. Wilson also designed the crossed-sword heart motif. The paper was specially made for this edition by Monadnock Mill in Bennington, New Hampshire and the book was bound by Tapley-Rutter Company of Moonachie, New Jersey.
For the colophon, a print of characters reading Roxana. Too Funny!
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-- Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern
#Fine Press Friday#Limited Editions Club#LEC#Roxana#Daniel Defoe#Roxana The Fortunate Mistress#bernd kroeber#English Literature#Fine Press Books#Adrian Wilson#Stinehour Press#Monadock mill#woodcuts#color woodcuts#illustration#book illustration#letterpress#bembo#goudy ornate#black and white illustrations#relief printmaking#relief prints#austrian art#austrian artists#teddy
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a little mock postage stamp i did a while ago. free to download (X) and print as stickers, posters or whatever you like.
#palestine#gaza#from the river to the sea#art#illustration#postage stamp#traditional art#digital art#white txt in Arabic: from the river to the sea#black txt in Arabic: resistance is the deepest form of love#green txt in Arabic: freedom for Palestine
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#aesthetic#art#artists on tumblr#photography#digital art#illustration#adventure#love#travel#mountains#pretty#self love#love couple#love quotes#lovers#me and who#black and white#beautiful#beauty#daily cats#cat art#cute cats#so cute#cats of tumblr
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It's okay he loves you even when you act naughty
#silas#yandere elf#artists on tumblr#digital art#male yandere#yandere#male yandere x reader#yandere x reader#yandere x you#yandere x darling#yandere x y/n#yandere oc#yandere elf x reader#black and white aesthetic#elf aesthetic#aesthetic#comic#mini comic#illustration#sketch#doodle#manga#yandere manga
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Gut-Strung, mixed media illustration by apelure
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Been playing with a visual for a bit
#monster girl#artists on tumblr#illustration#ink#black and white#traditional art#sketches#character design#silhouette
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The Intentions Were Good.
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enigmatriz
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Classic Photographs with Pokemon by AdamDoesArt
#pokemon#photography#art#gaming#anime#video games#illustration#gameboy#gba#ds#3ds#switch#pokemon go#pokemon let's go#pokemon scarvi#nintendo switch#90s#retro#aesthetic#black & white#photo#history#vintage#retrogaming
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BLACK x WHITE
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Hanna Lee: darkness that embraces me (2023)
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Where do you think you are going?
#RARE UNTIED HAIR MICAH!!!#GOOD NIGHT AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO ANSWER MORE ASKS TOMORROW SO WAIT FOR ME#micah#yandere priest#artists on tumblr#digital art#yandere#male yandere#art#aestethic#manga aesthetic#black and white aesthetic#comic#mini comic#sketch#doodle#illustration
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Ink Drawings by fujikowa
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Kids with ghosts
#illustration#horror illustration#dark illustration#creepy art#horror art#art#macabre art#horror blog#horror#scary#creepy#macabre#eerie#spooky#terrifying#black and white blog#black and white#alien abduction#alien#aliens#ufo#aliens and ufos#ufology#vintage horror#vintage#abduction
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When I broke the cycle, I made sure that the tear was rough. You carry a part of what should be her, and she carries a part of what should be you.
#slay the princess#illustration#art#stp princess#the long quiet#stp narrator#arguably lol#slay the princess spoilers#scopophobia#tw scopophobia#i've been wanting to use the narrator's quote there as a caption for the longest time#originally i wanted it to be for a pair of black and white pieces of lq and the princess but i lost steam on that halfway through#(still have the finished piece for quiet! probably not gonna post it here though) (it's pretty old by now)#this piece was also partly inspired by the girl from the other side#hence the skull and cloth and hatching#i finally watched the movie ova can you tell? lol#my art#anytime i post art i always end up rambling in the tags#does anybody even read these?#if you do uh#i hope you have a nice day :^)
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