Signed and numbered by the author. "This paper was given to me by Andrew Honey, conservator at the Bodleian Libraries during my residency at the Bodleian Bibliographical Press in the fall of 2018. The full watermark says India, Oxford, made in Great Britain, with the crest of Oxford University. Andrew has very little information on this very thin and very opaque paper other than it was intended for the printing of bibles. I have wondered if it was intended for bibles to be taken to India by missionaries. At that same time as the gift of the paper, on the North Sentinel Island, administered by India, a Christian missionary was killed by members of the Sentinelese Tribe despite strict prohibitions on outside contact. The Sentinelese are the only uncontacted tribe on earth inhabiting their own island. They are extremely vulnerable to diseases and social breakdown in the event of contact with outsiders. They have repeatedly made clear their desire to be left alone. Printed from polymer plates made from rubber stamped texts on a Vandercook SP15. The end sheets were also given by Andrew Honey. The covers are duplexed Bugra paper. Printed in 2019"--Back cover. "Printed in an edition of 50"--Book artist's website, Emilymartin.com. Copy 1 Special Collections has copy no. 8/50, signed by Emily Martin. IaU
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1090813403
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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