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This was part of the Rado Award winning work, Symbiosis by Jelte van Abbema which included printing an entire alphabet in bacterial culture. The shapes and colors are due to the growth and death of the culture.
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In celebration of the birthday of Denis Diderot, the first encyclopediest, this title was assembled from the large capitols that adorned the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers his opus. Diderot was born on October 5, 1713 and published the first edition of his Encyclopedia, with the help of Jean d'Alembert beginning in 1751.
The letter M is from the start of the article on stone masons (Maçon) and the A is from the article on Astronomy.
Images from Art Dico.
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In hunting down some letters to redo the masthead, I found far more A's then M's. When I have time I'll be posting some of the bachelor letters A.
From: William Cowper (1666-1709). Myotomia reformata, or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body illustrated with figures after the life. London: Printed for Robert Knaplock . . ., William & John Innes, and Jacob Tonson, 1724. Images available digitally in the James Moores Bal Collectionl at Washington University's Bernard Becker collection.
From: William Cowper (1666-1709). Myotomia reformata, or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body illustrated with figures after the life. London: Printed for Robert Knaplock . . ., William & John Innes, and Jacob Tonson, 1724. Images available digitally in the James Moores Bal Collectionl at Washington University's Bernard Becker collection.
