From Rome to Venice for a Cure, from High Tide Press
(High Tide Press) From Rome to Venice for a Cure. From the poem by Giovanni Della Casa. Translated from the Latin by John Van Sickle. Prints by John Ross. [New York. 1997.] n.p. 10.25″ x 7.75″. With 2 pull-out pages to 9″ x 21″. Set in Janson and printed by John Ross on a Vandercook proof press at the High Tide workshop on Fabriano Artistico, french folded for the larger prints. The collograph plates were made in Venice, Italy, in the summer of 1996. Sewn binding, multi-colored silkscreened green cloth wrappers over thin card. One of 60 copies signed by Ross and Van Sickle. Fine.
Van Sickle has provided a commentary on Della Casa’s poem, giving a background to his life in the 16th century.
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