Books > The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep
Andrew Rottner collaborated on this tribute to printing’s golden age. The story, by Christina Lauritsen, mis-remembers H.C. Andersen’s classic tale of the same name, transforming it into a story of revelation and madness. The visual progression of the book mirrors the plot, pitting the beauty of the decorative arts against the intense and unpredictable messiness of human experience. This book confronts the inevitability of loss and bows to intellectual freedom and its attendant risks. The book is 7″ x 9″ x 1″, with images (drawn by Andrew Rottner) and text letterpressed on to archival pigment printed backgrounds. The book features two 26″ wide foldouts and a cut-marbled-paper and brocade cover.
Edition of 55, 2014. $950.
With optional clamshell box, $1150.
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Where to View the Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep:
Amherst College, Frost Library, Archives and Special Collections, Amherst, MA.
Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, Sidney, Australia
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, NYC.
Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA.
Library of Congress, Rare Books and Special Collections Division, DC.
Santa Clara University Special Collections, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA.
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Scripps College, Denison Library, Claremont, CA
Stanford University, Special Collections, Palo Alto, CA
Tufts University, Tisch Library, Medford, MA.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Special Collections and Archives, Richmond, VA.
Washington University in St. Louis, Special Collections. St. Louis, MO
Kelmscott Bookshop
Lux Mentis Booksellers, Portland, ME
Vamp + Tramp Booksellers. Birmingham, AL.