The Absolute at Large
Three covers by Josef Čapek from the Japanese book Čapek’s Bookshelf, which collects 120 of his covers:
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Will Schofield
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Will Schofield is the editor of 50 Watts (original name: A Journey Round My Skull) and Writers No One Reads.
Voyage Fantastique – An Illustrated Guide to the Body and Mind
All images from Le Livre de Sante by Joseph Handler (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1967):
Riot in Coloring Book no.9
Heinz Kiessling’s illustrations for Malbuchgeschichten by Ilse Firbas (Germany, 1949):
Memories of Ice and Fire
Aydin Aghdashloo is an Iranian painter, author, art critic, art historian, and graphic designer. You can read more about him and view many more paintings at his website. Also see…
The Devil Hath Met with His Match
Alexandra Grinevsky’s illustrations for Machiavelli’s L’Archidiable Belphegor.
Persian Handstands
These paintings come mostly from two books: Qajar Paintings (1972) and Qajar Portraits (1999) (the latter going for an obscene $500 on Amazon at the moment):
Bertha, The Child-Flower
Raymond Roussel clipped “Bertha, The Child-Flower” from the final manuscript of his masterpiece Locus Solus (1914), but here she blooms again.
As Above So Below
London-based illustrator Will Sweeney kindly shared these images from his new book, As Above So Below. Will is behind the comic Tales From Greenfuzz and a ton of cool stuff…
“Divine communion time is here little kitties.”
Images from the God and Hair box by Father Yod and YaHoWha. The post title is a quote by Yod. Enjoy.
Suffocating in the Villa des Charmes
Alexander Alexeieff’s illustrations for Adrienne Mesurat by Julien Green, 1929:
Treatise on Elegant Publishing
Wakefield Press launches this month with two titles from its Handbooks series (“the how-to manual reimagined: guidebooks on a variety of satirical, parodic, and quixotic subjects”): Treatise on Elegant Living…