Biobibliograffiti

Biobibliograffiti

Author(s): John Crombie
Date: 1986
Description:
This book recycles the text of a previous work by Kickshaws Press entitled 'Biobibliographique' (1986), the story of a life told through the titles of books which was accompanied by a suite of engravings by the artist Dan Sabatay. In the present work all of the hallmarks of a Kickshaws Press book are typically present: an overall sense of 'bookishness' is pervasive, exemplified both physically in the fine letterpress printing and in the artisanal quality of a private press publication, but also in terms of its subject matter - a celebration of typography for its own sake. In 'Biobibliograffiti' the titles of French literary works are printed on each page in grey, green and black in different type sizes. The 'graffiti' element of the title is suggested by the overprinting of the text, layer upon layer. The result is a beautiful series of typographic colour compositions, as the verbal becomes the visual.

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