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A Wood Engraver's Alphabet SIGNED G Brender a Brandis
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Located in: Lynchburg, Ohio, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780889843110
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0889843112
ISBN-13
9780889843110
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66083871
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wood Engraver's Alphabet
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Canadian, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
4.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
'The prints themselves are beautifully intricate portraits. Emerson said ''In every work of genius, we recognize our thoughts. They come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.'' Brandis has made the familiar flowers new, beautiful. They're rendered devoid of their usual color but with a greater richness and texture.', 'Wood engraver Gerard Brender s Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist; his encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world animates the exquisite microcosm of this collection, intended both for the student of the complexities of nature's creations and the patron of the intricate art of wood engraving.', 'I have been flipping for the past month through the Wood Engraver's Alphabet by one of Canada's great engravers, G. Brender Brandis, and with each pass through find some nuance or detail that I had missed and am charmed all over again by this beautiful little collections of engravings published by the Porcupine's Quill.', 'I have been flipping for the past month through the Wood Engraver's Alphabet by one of Canada's great engravers, G. Brender ¡ Brandis, and with each pass through find some nuance or detail that I had missed and am charmed all over again by this beautiful little collections of engravings published by the Porcupine's Quill.', 'Wood engraver Gerard Brender a Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist; his encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world animates the exquisite microcosm of this collection, intended both for the student of the complexities of nature's creations and the patron of the intricate art of wood engraving.', 'The engravings are so rich, so densely cut, that looking closely at the engravings one feels drawn into the pictures as if entering a forest, a forest of detail. Coming to the Foxglove, I felt as if I had entered a clearing and there stood the flower, totemic in its beauty.', 'Wood engraver Gerard Brender ¡ Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist; his encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world animates the exquisite microcosm of this collection, intended both for the student of the complexities of nature's creations and the patron of the intricate art of wood engraving.', ‘The engravings are so rich, so densely cut, that looking closely at the engravings one feels drawn into the pictures as if entering a forest, a forest of detail. Coming to the Foxglove, I felt as if I had entered a clearing and there stood the flower, totemic in its beauty.’, ‘Wood engraver Gerard Brender ¡ Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist; his encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world animates the exquisite microcosm of this collection, intended both for the student of the complexities of nature’s creations and the patron of the intricate art of wood engraving.’, 'Wood engraver Gerard Brender Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist; his encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world animates the exquisite microcosm of this collection, intended both for the student of the complexities of nature's creations and the patron of the intricate art of wood engraving.', 'I have been flipping for the past month through the Wood Engraver's Alphabet by one of Canada's great engravers, G. Brender a Brandis, and with each pass through find some nuance or detail that I had missed and am charmed all over again by this beautiful little collections of engravings published by the Porcupine's Quill.', The engravings are so rich, so densely cut, that looking closely at the engravings one feels drawn into the pictures as if entering a forest, a forest of detail. Coming to the Foxglove, I felt as if I had entered a clearing and there stood the flower, totemic in its beauty., ‘I have been flipping for the past month through the Wood Engraver's Alphabet by one of Canada’s great engravers, G. Brender ¡ Brandis, and with each pass through find some nuance or detail that I had missed and am charmed all over again by this beautiful little collections of engravings published by the Porcupine’s Quill.’, 'Gerard ... sees himself in the longer tradition of medieval scribes and Gutenberg, and most of his important connections are with artists and craftsmen of Europe and the past. His engraving is very much in the British tradition, with the feel of such engravers as Mackley, Robert Gibbings, Joan Hassall and Monica Poole.... In Gerard's case, being a book artist includes being able to do all aspects of the production himself. No other Canadian private press printer is able to combine typesetting and printing with wood engraving, papermaking, spinning, weaving and bookbinding. His lifestyle, which is spare and simple, imposes the onus of inventing and doing everything self sufficiently and provides the opportunity to explore his creativity as fully as possible.'
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
769.92
Synopsis
An elegant little alphabet book using wood engravings of flowers to represent each of our twenty-six letters. Gerard Brender a Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist and his knowledge of the plant world contributes to the exquisite nature of this work., Wood engraver Gerard Brender à Brandis has long been an avid gardener and botanist; his encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world animates the exquisite microcosm of A Wood Engraver's Alphabet . This collection is intended both for the student of the complexities of nature's creations and the patron of the intricate art of wood engraving. The images are presented in the form of an alphabet book but the simple, and sometimes elementary, appreciation of the alphabet format will not suffice here. The abundance of the botanical world, and the multitude of choice available to represent each letter, allows the mind of artist and reader alike to roam free. A short introduction by the artist illuminates the choices he has made and includes historical tidbits about the lexicon of flowers., An elegant little alphabet book for adults using original wood engravings of flowers to represent each of the twenty-six letters. Uniform in format with the bestselling Wood, Ink & Paper (Porcupine's Quill, 1980).
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