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Selected Discourses Regarding War and Peace
Elsi Vassdal Ellis
1993
A collection of quotes illustrated by Elsi Vassdal Ellis. Linoleum cuts, zinc cuts, letterpress with lead and wood type. Non-adhesive binding using a German Medieval chain stitch.
non-adhesive binding
6 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 in
60 pages
illustrated by Elsi Vassdal Ellis
published by Eve Press
In 1984 I began collecting material for a book examining how often and why we (as humans) have gone to war. Rather than write or commission the text, I selected quotations and worked them together typographically using the wood and lead fonts available in my studio. The book was also a means to improve my letterpress printing technique. The book is essentially a collection of broadsides with the emphasis on two-page spreads. The German Medieval binding technique was selected because it did not take any space away from the two-page spreads.
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