librarycompany: “ Benjamin Sands, Metamorphosis, or, A Transformation of Pictures (United States?, 1802). Manuscript copy by “A.A. Sept. 25th, 1802.” Each of the five panels folds at the top and bottom to create three illustrations. This book form,...

librarycompany:

Benjamin Sands, Metamorphosis, or, A Transformation of Pictures (United States?, 1802). Manuscript copy by “A.A. Sept. 25th, 1802.”

Each of the five panels folds at the top and bottom to create three illustrations. This book form, called “metamorphosis,” was so popular that thirty-nine editions were printed in America before 1820. Other manuscript copies exist, but all copies are unique.

You can see this book in person in our current exhibition, The Living Book: New Perspectives on From and Function on display through January 5th, 2018.

155 Notes

  1. jealousoftheirjudgment reblogged this from muspeccoll
  2. vitairrequieta reblogged this from librarycompany
  3. qnoje reblogged this from sinopupil
  4. gosvinta added this GIF to a post
  5. lesleyannemcleod reblogged this from muspeccoll
  6. necromancybilly reblogged this from librarycompany
  7. elquenosale reblogged this from librarycompany
  8. pararespirar reblogged this from librarycompany
  9. kelsosmithh reblogged this from librarycompany
  10. wherearewedamfino reblogged this from librarycompany
  11. r-m-stuffthatilike reblogged this from librarycompany
  12. mydonkeyfeet reblogged this from anotherconservator
  13. librarycompany posted this