The Russian Icon

Title: The Russian Icon

Author: Bahar, Ann

Publication: Newton, Iowa: Tamazunchale Press, 1988.

Description: Miniature book detailing the history of Russian icons. No. 61 of 250 copies. With a tipped-in illustration in red of a 19th-century Russian icon of the Virgin Gruzinskaya. Printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen of Haarlem, Netherlands. Bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre of Limoges, France in full red calfskin with gilt title, marbled endpapers by Faith Harrison, and all edges gilt. 2.375 x 1.625 inches; 30, [6] pages (first and last leaf blank and adhered to endpapers as issued). Moderate wear to the front cover and spine, but a clean and bright interior. Very Good. In addition to Tamazunchale Press miniature books, the Dutch printer Joh. Enschedé en Zonen also printed Achille St. Onge miniature books, stamps, and paper currency. Tamazunchale Press was established in Iowa by miniature book collector Charlotte Smith and her husband Tom. They published 20 miniature books between 1983 and 1988.