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Author:

Aratus, Solensis, author.

Title:

Phaenomena = Sky signs / Aratus ; translated from the Greek by Stanley Lombardo ; with commentary by Mark Breen.

Publisher:

The Janus Press ;

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

58 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 30 cm + 1 booklet (11 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm)

Subject:

Astronomy, Ancient--Poetry.
Constellations--Poetry.
Planets--Poetry.
Weather forecasting--Poetry.
Artists' books--Newark (Town)--Newark (Town)--21st century--Specimens.
Fine books--Specimens.
Artists' books.
Astronomy, Ancient.
Constellations.
Planets.
Weather forecasting.
Artists' books.
Didactic poetry.
Poetry.
Artists' books.
Didactic poetry.
Celestial charts.
Long-stitch binding.
Laser cutting.
Fine press books.
Maple (wood)
Birch (wood)

Other Authors:

Janus Press, publisher.
Plowboy Press, publisher.
Boxcar Press, platemaker.
J. Barcham Green, Ltd., papermaker.
Lombardo, Stanley, 1943- writer of supplementary textual content. writer of supplementary textual content.
Breen, Mark, 1960- writer of added commentary.
Van Vliet, Claire, illustrator. illustrator.
Miller-Brown, C. Andrew, printer.
MacGregor, Katie, papermaker.
Holden, Amber, binder.
Lembke, Linda, binder.
Sumberg, Jack, casemaker.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, cartographer.
Vopel, Kaspar, 1511-approximately 1561, cartographer.

Other Titles:

Phaenomena. English (Lombardo)

Notes:

Title on title page printed as: "Aratus / Phaenomena / Sky Signs." Edition of 120 signed copies. Special Collections has copy number 54, inscribed to the University of Iowa on colophon. IaU Accompanied by (upper cover pocket): Aratus, Phaenomena, Sky signs : translator's introduction and notes / Stanley Lombardo. Newark, Vermont : Janus Press ; Burke, Vermont : Plowboy Press, 2022. Accompanied by (laid in): Newsletter (1 sheet) and publishers' prospectus (1 sheet). "Eight original digital prints of weather by Claire Van Vliet based on her pulp paintings as well as other smaller images..."--Prospectus. Wooden slipcase measures 33 x 27 x 5 cm. "The 1515 Celestial Maps by Albrecht Durer were prepared from photographs provided by The National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection. The 1534 Caspar Vopel Constellation woodcuts are from Michael Alpert's copy of a 1569 edition of Aratus and were photographed at the Stinehour Press. The photo images were scanned and bitmapped by Claire Van Vliet for polymer plates made under the supervision of Cathy Smith at Boxcar Press in Syracuse, New York. Additional digital images for the weather segment were printed with an Epson SureColor P600. The text is set in Robert Slimbach's Utopia with Gill Sans titles printed by Andrew Miller-Brown from Boxcar polymer plates on Barcham Green Boxley on a Vandercook SP15 at the Janus Press in Newark, Vermont. The binding is longstitch sewn through Barcham Green Nefertiti with pulp painted cover paper made specially for this book by Katie MacGregor. The binding was made with assistance from Amber Holden and Linda Lembke; the maple and birch wood slipcase was made by Jack Sumberg in Glover, Vermont; the spine title was lasercut by Sara Pike at FreeFall Laser in North Adams, Massachusetts"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Third-century BCE work by Greek poet Aratus describes in verse the constellations, their rotation in the night sky throughout the year, and their uses as a calendar plus solar, lunar, and wind observations for weather forecasting tools for farmers and sailors."--Prospectus.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1380772918

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)