(The Janus Press/The Theodore Press) Dido and Aeneas.

full title: Dido and Aeneas. An Opera Perform'd at Mr. Josias Prinst's Boarding-School at Chelsey by Young Gentlewomen The Words by Mr. Nahum Tate. The Musick composed by Mr. Henry Purcell. Bangor, Maine, and Newark, Vermont. April 1989. 37 printed surfaces. 14.875" x 6.5" folded, 14.875" x 70.25" unfolded. Accordion fold pulp painted base sheet with pulp painted and shaped insert pages on which the text is printed. Each opening of the accordion forms a stage set for one of the opera's five scenes. With a wraparound title sheet which forms the cover and spine. Typographical design by Michael Alpert; book structure and box by Claire Van Vliet. Pulp painting by Claire Van Vliet with Bernie Vinzani and Katie MacGregor. Supplemented with other papers from MacGregor- Vinzani, Twin rocker and Barcham Green. Text handset. Enclosed in a doubletray box covered with black Japanese cloth. With a compact disc recording of the opera enclosed in a removable chemise located inside the box. One of 150 copies. Colophon states that this copy is for the previous owner, inscribed with the words 'with all good wishes Claire'. Fine. Scarce.

$1000