Books from the exhibition
Exhibition Sponsors
Bartkowiak's Best: Book Art from the Hamburg Archives
In the SFCB Gallery Jan 26-Apr 27, 2007
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Natural Law and the Structure of Matter Belser-Presse; Stuttgart, Germany; 1967 Author: Werner Heisenberg Illustrator: Artist Hans Erni, Lucerne Printer: Chr. Belser Contact: s.archilla@kosmos.de The second book published by the Belser Press, 92 pages on handmade paper with four bound-in etchings on Japanese paper. Hand-set in narrow Gill Monotype 362 and printed by Chr. Belser. Two editions: 150 copies on Japanese paper and 850 copies on Zerkall-Bëtten paper. The original English version appeared first in Frontiers of Modern Scientific Philosophy and Humanism, The Athens Meeting 1964. The translation into German was provided by the author himself for this edition. The Belser Press was founded by Hans Weitpert. Jean Gebser is publisher. Friends of science and of art find both in these prints: important, rare and previously unpublished texts by great scholars and thinkers, combined with original graphics from artists of our time. They are works of exemplary book art design, and have won a number of awards. | |||
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