Object Details
- author
- Moulton, Bessie Smith
- Author
- Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI
- "A montage of drawings, photographs and journal entries, illustrating my travels through Tunisia and the Sahara, presents an uncommon view of its colorful history and people. Pages of varying heights and widths allow images to interact among the pages. Hand-bound into a leather folio opening in the reverse, with a flap to protect it from the dust of the desert, in the tradition of an Arabic book." --Artist's statement
- "Printed on an Indigo press." --Colophon
- Bound in brown calf wrapper with tie. Title stamped in gold foil
- One of an edition of 25 copies, signed by the artist
- AFA copy 39088016699159 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books
- AFA copy 39088016699159 is number 7 of 25
- 2003
- Call number
- N7433.4.M68 T8 2003
- Type
- Books
- Artists' books (books).)
- Artists' books (books)
- Artists' books
- Specimens
- Physical description
- [52] pages col. illustrations, color map 23 x 21 cm
- Place
- Tunisia
- Maine
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Artists' books
- Travel
- Description and travel
- Record ID
- siris_sil_990376
