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King of the Butterflies by Christopher Howell illustrated and with hand made paper by Denise Brady Printed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from handset Centaur and illustrated with a photoengraved print, the title page bears a linocut initial printed in red. Black cover and red endsheet papers were hand made from cotton fabrics; text paper is white Bugra. 11 pages. 6 (h) x 7 inches. 90 copies. 2003 $35.00 |
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In the last days of the reign of John II Casimir, King of Poland, it was decreed that two million butterflies, 100,000 for each of his years upon the throne, should be captured and sent up to God, an offering of the Earth's bounty in praise of his role in the establishment of regality....
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