The Nightingale

By Hans Christian Andersen
Niagara Falls, New York: Lilliput Press, [1996]. Edition of 100.

2 x 2.5"; 104 pages (97 numbered). Computer imaged. Printed on Bodleian moldmade and Japanese papers. Cochin Italic typeface. Pape-covered boards with label containing image of a bird. Decorated papers asendpapers. In matching paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. Signed and numbered by the book artist, Carol Schwartzott.

A miniature-book version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Nightingale," a story about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. The story is presented identically in each book of the edition, but the papers for the binding and slipcase vary.
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