Literary essences
| Description: |
This contribution from Frank N. and Patricia L. Owings is given in memory of The Portfolio Club of Indianapolis IN member, Doug Horth (1923-2020) 1 box : 26 vials, 1 pair of tweezers25 x 29 cm. 1 book ([50] p. |
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| Origin: | 2000 |
| Created By: |
Fernstrum, Wendy A. |
| Publisher: |
Fernwerks, Minneapolis |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/754 |
| Collection: |
Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright |
| Subjects: |
Literary essences-- natural health remedies-- emotional and spiritual well-being--healing Handmade clamshell box covered with Japanese bookbinding fabric. Includes a set of 26 essence vials, 26 diagnostic cards, a hand-bound guidebook for using the essences, a set of index cards, and a pair of tweezers. Card, Japanese bookbinding fabric, steel tweezers, vials, cards (From publishers description) Each vial contains lozenge-sized circles allegedly punched from pages of first hardcover editions of twenty-six works of literature, treated with a solution that captures the precise and particular odor of a given work. Each essence--hence, each book--cures, alleviates, or engages certain feelings, symptoms, or conditions, as indicated by the accompanying cards. |
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