An Alphabetical Accumulation

Francesca Lohmann

A calligraphic ABC. The layout for each page changes to best present the letters included, and allow space for the next letter in the sequence to be added by hand. The book is entirely calligraphic – there is no type used. Reproductions of Francesca’s calligraphy were printed in black with polymer plates. The next letter in the accumulation is added to each page by Francesca, in red ink; thus, every copy contains the full alphabet in original calligraphy across its pages. Three different English papers are intermingled throughout the book – Crown & Sceptre, J. Whatman, and T.H. Saunders.

Edition of 36 copies (incl. 6 H.C.) uniformly bound by Claudia Cohen in a limp vellum case with gold tooling. Title calligraphed by Francesca in red on the spine. Issued in a clamshell box. 16mo, 28 leaves. 2017