Monday, January 11, 2016

Re: Lilliputian Letterpress

If there is an explanation, you are clearly the woman who will find it!
Macy

On Monday, January 11, 2016, Personal Mailbox <freckle469@comcast.net> wrote:
These surprising, tiny dioramas at Boston Public Library are little gems hidden on the upper floor - around the corner from the monumental "Triumph of Religion" Sargent murals. The actual press has been shoved between the open stacks of dusty books on a circuitous route to the Rare Books Collection. Arcane, esoteric and quirky just BEGINS to describe this inter-generational obsessive collection of prints and a desperate, anachronistic attempt at a legacy. There must be some explanation...



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