Pargue: Bonaventura, 1992. Folio. Copy 32/92. The text is from the letter written by Columbus to the Spanish Court, describing his journeys to the "Indias." In Czech and English. The etchings are by Czech artist Eva Haskova. The binding is designed and executed by Jan and Jarmila Sobota. The cover is parchment, with gold tooling and acrylic paint. It depicts the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria sailing inexorably to the New World. The "treasure" box is leather, cloth and suede, with a 16th Century style map silk-screened onto plexiglass. In a protective cloth case. Fine.
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