4.5 x 7.5" in illustrated slipcase. Slipcover image from an engraving by Dionisio Moretti. 27 color images printed on Moab Entrada 190gms. Book and slipcover design by Zebrowski. Graphic design by Francine Savard. Bookbinding by Jacques Fournier. Theodore K. Rabb’s essay, "The Fragile and the Serene," accompanies Zebrowski's photography. The opening quotation, which Zebrowski says "reflects the mood of the work so strongly", is a fragment of a conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan from "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino. "Memory's images, once they are fixed in the words, are erased," Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it." |
