The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-04
An American Publishing House Issuing an
Edition of De Kock TO Sell for 100000.
A SECOND SET TO BE MADE FOR $50, 600
The Cheapest Edition Will Cost $50, ooo"-An Epoch
Making Enterprise in the History of Book
Publishing--A Complete Translation.

( print sixteen pages at time ana get q
I thousand impressions a. hour. or one
7 hundred and sixty thousand pages day.
Z The type is made expressly for this work,
and is known as the twelve point old style
( Caslon, the type made famous BY is
maker, William Cssiou. in 1870.
/ REVIVAL OF ILLUMINATION.
Another respect in which these De Kock
editions will Be epoeh-naking is that they
will mark revival Of the ancient art Of
illumination. The progress in the rapidly
OF printing and the constant increase, a.
years went By. of the typographical multi
plicztion OF books proved fatal 10 this
art. Some oi the early productions Of the
press, to be sure. had blank spaces left
for initial letters ard miniatures. which
were painted in BY hand, but these we're
soon replaced BY printed designs intended
TO he Eilded and colored.
There is a decided distinction between
the word iIlumine and the word illuminate.
To illgmine is 70 embellish with colors
the already printed letters 70 illuminate
IS TO entirely produce the initial letter in
all its various oolors by hand. 7; IS this
supreme well nigh forgotten art which
the publishers OF the De Koek editions will
revive and in a manner worthy It's ancient
traditions.
This Is enc reason Why, at the COS; and
trouble already referred to- genuine parch-
ment has been chosen for the printed and
Illuminated page. The publishers very
rightly concluded shat In order 70 produce
a modern set Of books similar to the
ancient illuminated manuscripts II would
be absolutely necessary to use genuine
parchment There IS a charm about the
color ard texture OF well prepared parch-
rreut no paper can be made to posses and.
again IL .s 70 be desired for its extraordi-
nary toughaess ard durability. OF course
i is easier TO do this illuminating vork
upon paper. and il takes the highest dex-
te-i,y and skill for the illuninator 20
produce proper effects upon parchment.
From the work already produced by the
De Kock illuminstors II can readily Be seen
what they have borne in mind. In the
first place, they have fixed the scale Of
their iiluminztive ard decorative work IN
relation 70 the size Of the page. Then,
again, where historical styie has been
adopted for particular period Of particu-
lar incident Of the story the work shows
a clear and sympathetic appreciation Of
harmony.
ALc l4uulUaloNh arc nom original &c
signs by Helen Sinclair Patterson. Ella
Grace Brown and Henri Padeloup, Of Hoi-
, land, who have received the highest re-
wards for this class Of work. both here
and abroad
Each iHitis. letter and head and tail
piece IS appropriate to It's chapter that is,
the artists read the manuscript and then
make their drawings in harmony with
81 ~ a.. - ~
details a., far as 70 use the colors which
predominated al the particular period Of
the period OF the writing. In many cases
designs to ba found in the missals, and
. which we're Used for decorative effect
many centuries ago, are used, the gold
; leaf being laid on the parchment, after
which the artists design their drawing
, over the gold. In many cases gold, silver
. and bronze eolors are worked In. in order
TO harmoniIs the eolorS and TO secure the
best effects. Many Of these initial letters
1 are large, making a eomplete circle of the
entire text page or border line over the
margins
. ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART.
G There viii bo abou, race initial letters
i and $500 head and tail pieces. and no
: two throughout the entire edition will
: be alike. Each enc Is made from an
: original design sketehsd before the artists
put their work on the parchment. There
viii be in the neighborhood Of thirty artists
: employed In completing the work Of H.
Eliminating under the direction Of the H.
: iuninators mentioned above.
In the editions tina, will sell for sseo.-
/. eco and $Iss,ooo the entire border Of each
!. page will be illuminated. making about a..
ees pEEes which will DO entirely iilumina..
ed, from original designs, and this work
will be done by artists in various parts Of
.. the world, including Russia, Germany
10 England and France, ne two psEss being
OF alike
u The cost Of eopyriEhtinE the initial let.
b. tsTA, head and tail pieces and iilustration,
a viii be about $1,000. Heretofore il Ia.
L. bsen the custom Of publishers TO copy.
ut right the volume entire which would eos,
" 81. But in the manner indicated pur.
It. shasers will be protected from all danKes
he Of the contents of their volumes being re.
no produced.
Id The $so,oos edltIeu will ssntAin Ios
b. etehings made from original drawings en-.
nj pre'sly for the work; 500 full page genuine
er water eolors done by the artists direct or
.ir the parchment and each being an orixinal
- ~NN~NfNANH ~ NA@NlAk hHu signed BY thu
artist; aSo original marginal drawings 4.
lit water color, signed by the artists; beside,
'et iee pen and ink drawings, and many hun
re dred character drawings and hand paintet
on marginal miniatures.
of In the case of the illustra atoms, Their,
As are positively ne duplicates, each ape
he every one being an original painting
fc The owner of a set Of the books vii
as own each original drawing just as il h,
IT'S had II framed in his home, excepting tha
IS II IS in book form. This is an undertak
ing such as has never before been con
ed sidered by publisher.
80, Among the artists who will be represen,
eh ed are A. B. Wenzell. Jacques Reich. Sid
SIS ney L. Smith, William GlaeIens. Fredetiel
IRE Dielman, F. v Dumond, Walter Russell
he 4. !. Keller. A. De Ford Pitney. Orso,
in Lowell, W. N, Croker, W. Boyd Smith
an w II. Dutton. These illustrations vii
NO represent the work Of seventy Ave artist,
,utt many Of international reputation
b lAs ssst Of the original water eslor