Research

A selection of book I found interesting from the Fold, Flap, Peep, Pull, Pop Exhibition curated by Luise Poulton, 2012

The Facsimile was made in northeastern Italy around 1440, the collection of medieval astrological treatises was compiled by an anonymous scholar and designed by an anonymous artist who decorated the text with delicate watercolors. The text contains astrological information about the days and seasons, displaying horoscopes for the twelve zodiacal signs. The author tightly linked astrological knowledge to other fields of science and culture, including interpretations of the biblical dreams of the prophet Daniel and the medical essays of Pietro d’Abano, a professor at Padua University in the early fourteenth century. The book came with two astrolabes, rotating dials with pointers that enabled the reader to make zodiacal and medicinal-psychological calculations.

A response to Rene Descartes’ Discours de la methode, published in Leyde in 1637.Silkscreened on Rives BFK 100% Rag printmaking paper. Produced for a traveling exhibition, “Science and the Artists’ Book,” produced jointly by the Smithsonian Institution Library and The Washington Project for the Arts. Issued in portfolio. Edition of twenty-five copies, signed by the artists.

Other random examples found