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Sonnets
Urszula Kurtiak and Edward Ley; Koszalin, Poland; 1993
Author: Heinrich Heine
Illustrator/Artist: Danuta Imielska-Gebethner
Printer: Elzbieta Chodkiewicz-Przypkowska
Binder: Urzula Kurtiak
Contact: www.kurtiak-ley.pl
Edition of 333, 52 pages. Handmade paper from the Museum of Paper in Duszniki Zdroj. Handset Nicolas Cochin type. Polish translation by Tadeusz Polanowski. The Kurtiak and Ley Artistic Publishing House, founded in 1989 by the artist and book designers Urszula Kurtiak and Edward Ley, publishes limited edition handprinted and handbound books in fine materials. Many editions are bilingual, in an unusual range of languages. Kurtiak and Ley have produced more than 40 books in a variety of formats and binding structures, many of them commissioned as gifts for high-ranking political figures and celebrities. |