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| The Alembic Press produces one or two miniature books each year (see Miniatures) alongside its range of larger format books, wood type cards, etc. It has now introduced a series of individual miniature books, each being a unique book illustrating a particular flower. | |||
 | All these books are hand illustrated with watercolours, and contain a background of hand-written text, which is based on excerpts from Gerard's Herball of the 16th century. There are two sizes of book: 3" x 2" (Hellebore, Columbine) and 1¾" x 1¼" (Crocus, Columbine, Primrose, Viola, Tulip, Narcissus). Each book is designed, painted, calligraphed and bound by Claire Bolton in a Japanese book cloth with ribbon tie. The smaller size are housed in a coloured corrugated card box. Each book is 25pp and priced at UK£60 or US$100. There is only one copy of each book. |  | |
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