Roma abstract
Subtitle: an alphabet
By: by Russell Maret
Contributors: Loeber, Nancy, printer
Publisher: [Russell Maret]
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Alphabets; Roman capitals (Lettering); Letters in art; Artists' books
Notes: Imprint from prospectus, laid in.

Issued in slipcase, 42 cm.

"In their simplest incarnations -- a line for an I, a circle for an O -- letterforms reveal their true nature: they are Forms first, Letters second. The connective tissue that transforms a circle into a letterform is only as strong as the imagination and consensus of the community for whom that circle represents the letter O."--Book artist's statement, in prospectus.

"One hundred sixteen copies of Roma Abstract were printed letterpress from photopolymer plates by Nancy Loeber. The paper is 30 lb. Chartham Translucent, stab-sewn into black Plike covers. The book is housed in a frosted acrylic slipcase made by Canal Plastics."--Prospectus, laid in.

"The book's cover is printed with the text from the inscription on Trajan's column, the letterforms of which are widely regarded as the apotheosis of Roman alphabetical form."--Prospectus, laid in.

Edition of 116 numbered copies.

Rare Book copy: No. 36; signed by the artist.