Las flores del bien [The Flowers of Goodness]

Alberti, Aitana

Notes: 12 leaves, including covers. Largest dimensions, 13-3/4 by 8 inches. Published in an edition of 100 copies.

The sheets comprising this book are die-cut handmade papers, including sheets made with flower petals, garlic leaves, recycled newspapers, and the hair of Leticia Leyve Azze, the designer. One of the sheets is marbled, another blind-embossed, and a third embellished with collage; the others have poems printed letterpress. The front cover is a handcolored linocut. The leaves are held together with a three-hole stab binding tied with red ribbon, which becomes a bookmark.

The author of the poems is the daughter of the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti. She has lived and written in Cuba since 1984.

OCLC: CRU CUT DEIAI FQG FXG GZM IND IQU LRU NDD NOC VJA VWM

Edition + Condition: Near fine. "Certificado de autenticación", dated November 30, 2015, laid in with a printed edition size. This copy is handnumbered 058.

Publication: Holguín, Cuba: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, 2015.

ISBN: 9789597163510

Item No: #353

Price: $250