(ELM Press) Ars Botanica

[A Compilation of fourteen poems] with Lithographs by Enid Mark. Wallingford, Pennsylvania. MMIV. [2004.] n.p. 15.5" x 10.75". Fourteen 12" x 8" duotones created by scanning plant material directly onto a flatbed scanner and manipulating the resultant digital images with Photoshop software. These digital files were used to prepare film positives that were transferred photographically to lithograph plates. The duotones and hand drawings, realized as hand-lithographs, embody both state of the art digital technology and traditional printmaking strategies. Papers are mould-made English Somerset and Denril drafting vellum. Type cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler and printed by Arthur Larson, Horton Tank Graphics. Lithographs hand-pulled by Timothy P. Sheesley. Calligraphy by Susanne Moore. Hand bound by Barbara B. Blumenthal in green Italian cloth lined with green Japanese Echizen Saiko - giving the feel of grass. Recessed square of the Japanese Echizen Saiko with gilt decoration on front cover. 13 Poems by Diane Ackerman, Betty Adcock, Nathalie Anderson, Annie Boutelle, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Daisy Fried, Celia Gilbert, Maxine Kumin, Heather McHugh, Constance Merritt, Alicia Ostriker, Susan Snively, Susan Stewart, Eleanor Wilner. One in an edition of 40 numbered copies, and 10 artist's proofs. Fine.

$2750