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Edward S. Curtis
(1868 - 1952)
The North American Indian - Cardozo Fine Art Republication - Custom Edition, 2014-2017
limited edition set of books, Artist's Proof (2/8)
Nearly 10 years ago, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art undertook in meticulous detail an artisanal republication of Edward S. Curtis' monumental work, The North American Indian. Each of the 75 Limited Custom Edition Sets presents Curtis' magnum opus in its entirety: 2,234 photographs, 2,500,000 words and transcriptions of Native language and music.
This set is one of only 2 remaining available from the entire edition, and is number 2 of 8 Artist's Proofs authorized by Christopher Cardozo.
The North American Indian is a landmark in publishing history. It is a rich, comprehensive, and definitive record of over eighty North American tribal groups.
This Republication is finely crafted, with enhanced readability and created with the finest materials and state-of- the-art image quality. It may be the largest republication project in North American publishing history.
CONTENTS:
• 20 quarto-sized Volumes comprising 5,023 pages of text containing over 2,500,000 words and special characters and 1,511 photographic prints and illustrations; 34 of which are in color.
• Greatly enhanced readability and accessibility for both text and photographs.
•The 20 Portfolios are presented in five oversized Portfolio Volumes that comprise recreations of al 723 original photogravure plates.
• All Native language special characters were digitally recreated for the Custom Edition.
• All 2,234 photographs were digitally remastered to state-of-the-art standards by Master Printer Peter Bernardy whose contemporary Curtis photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 100 venues in 42 countries.
PRESENTATION:
• Each Volume and Portfolio Volume is bound in bonded leather over archival cloth with top-edge gilding.
•The hand-stamped spine design and content closely replicates Curtis'originaldesign.
•Text Volumes and Portfolio Volumes are printed on Mohawk Superfine, archival, acid-free, sustainable and FSC-certified paper.
SPECIFICATIONS:
The Custom Edition is a limited edition of 75 and 8 Artist's Proofs.
Publication Date: 2014-2017
Dimensions: 12-5/8 × 9-5/8 × 2"and15-1/2 × 12-1/2 × 2"
ISBN 978-1-942076-00-1
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
LEATHER: Flanders Mahogany European Bonded Leather.
BOOK CLOTH: Arrestox B-weight cloth from Holliston Mills in Church Hill, TN. Wicker-colored with
Aqueous-impregnated Acrylic backing and neutral pH. 100% cotton plain-weave cloth with linen finish.
BOOK ASSEMBLY: All books are assembled by hand under the supervision of Alyson Coward. All image press sheets are trimmed to size, inspected, and tipped with interleaving sheets as per the original books. All images are re-inspected upon insertion into the Text Volume, and inspected again to ensure that the image and text pages are properly collated.
BINDING: At Campbell-Logan Bindery in Minneapolis, under the supervision of Greg and
Duncan Campbell. Text and Portfolio Volumes are machine-oversewn single sheets per traditional
bookbinding standards, before rounding, backing, and casing. This is consistent with the original
binding of the Text and Portfolio Volumes.
TOP-EDGE GOLD GILDING: by Custom Bookbinding Inc. in Beloit, Wisconsin.
SPINE GILDING AND DIES: Text and Portfolio Volume spines are gilded using thermal
transfer gold foil. The spine stamping dies are made by Owosso Graphic Arts, Inc. Spine titling is
Birch and Garamond.
ENDSHEETS: Hahnemiihle mold-made Bugra paper #304. Archival, lightfast, 100% alpha
cellulose laid paper.
INTERLEAVING: Each of the 2,234 photographs are protected by hand-laid archival interleaving sheets. The interleaving paper is lightweight (2.Smil) buffered, acid/lignin-free 25% cotton fiber paper.
HEADBANDS: The red and yellow woven headbands are silk threads, woven onto string or cane centers, and fastened to cotton tape.
PAPER: Mohawk Superfine is one of the finest printing papers made today. Few other papers have the same reputation for quality, consistency, and uniformity. Superfine has superb formation, lush tactility, archival quality, timeless appeal and is made from premium virgin pulps. Acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council certified. For all image pages: 100 lb. text weight Superfine with Eggshell surface in Soft White. For all text pages: 80 lb. text weight Superfine with Eggshell surface in Soft White.
INK: All images are printed on an Epson Stylus Pro 9900 at Cardozo Fine Art under the direct supervision of Peter Bernardy. The wide-gamut, high-density pigment Epson UltraChrome HDR inks used on this project feature a resin coating for each particle that provides improved stability resulting in professional print permanence and lightfastness ratings of over 100 years. Epson's ten-color pigment-based ink system and unique High Dynamic Range (HDR) pigments provide an
extremely wide-color gamut. Professional print permanence ratings and exceptional black density.
PORTFOLIOS: The layout replicates the original Curtis Portfolios. The Portfolios for the Custom Edition are presented in five Portfolio Volumes. The five Portfolio Volumes comprise images from Portfolios 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, and 17-20, respectively. All Portfolio images were sourced from vintage, original photogravures from the Frederick Webb Hodge Set. The Hodge Set is one of the most valuable and important Curtis Sets in existence. This is the first time the Hodge Set
has been used for reproduction purposes. The entire Set has been conserved and de-acidified, resulting in exceptionally beautiful files and reproductions. The Hodge Set portfolio photogravures were digitally captured with a state-of-the-art setup, utilizing a Nikon D800, a Polaroid MP4 copy stand, and a professional lighting solution. The digital files were processed and optimized using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.
TEXT VOLUMES: Text and layout replicate the original Curtis Volumes. All Volume images were sourced from vintage, original photogravures from the Frederick Webb Hodge Set. The Hodge Set is one of the most valuable and important Curtis Sets in existence. This is the first time the Hodge Set has been used for reproduction purposes. The entire Set has been conserved and de-acidified, resulting in exceptionally beautiful files and reproductions. The Hodge Set photogravures
were digitally captured with a state-of-the-art setup, utilizing a Nikon D800, a specially constructed book cradle to protect the binding of the original Volumes, and a professional lighting solution. The digital files were processed and optimized using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.
TEXT PREPARATION: Text conversion was done by Wilber Schilling and Dan Shearen. The text for the Volumes was converted to digital type from original page scans using Adobe Acrobat XI software. Using the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) component of Adobe Acrobat software, the text was saved to a Microsoft Word document before importing into Adobe InDesign software for text formatting and page design. In the process, all raster type was converted to vector type formatting for the sharpest and most legible text.
PRINTING: The text pages are printed on an Océ VarioPrint 6320 press at BookMobile in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Océ VarioPrint 6320 is a toner-based printer that utilizes lower temperatures for crisper print fidelity and has a resolution of 600×1200 DPI at a 125-line screen. All 2,234 photogravure reproduction images are printed using an Epson Stylus Pro 9900.
PORTFOLIO VOLUME FONTS: Title is Hand-cut Curtis Copperplate. Copyright and date information is Formal Script. Plate numbers are Prestige Elite Std Bold. Plate lists are set in Adobe Caslon. Outside spine title is set in Birch and Garamond. The Hand-cut Curtis Copperplate font was created in electronic form by Keith Possehl to closely match the complex, individually hand-cut letter styling of the titles on the original Portfolio photogravures so as to achieve a more
coherent, visual consistency.
VOLUME FONTS: Text is set in Adobe Caslon. Image titles are set in Boton Light. Copyright and date information is Formal Script. Outside spine title is set in Garamond.
This set is one of only 2 remaining available from the entire edition, and is number 2 of 8 Artist's Proofs authorized by Christopher Cardozo.
The North American Indian is a landmark in publishing history. It is a rich, comprehensive, and definitive record of over eighty North American tribal groups.
This Republication is finely crafted, with enhanced readability and created with the finest materials and state-of- the-art image quality. It may be the largest republication project in North American publishing history.
CONTENTS:
• 20 quarto-sized Volumes comprising 5,023 pages of text containing over 2,500,000 words and special characters and 1,511 photographic prints and illustrations; 34 of which are in color.
• Greatly enhanced readability and accessibility for both text and photographs.
•The 20 Portfolios are presented in five oversized Portfolio Volumes that comprise recreations of al 723 original photogravure plates.
• All Native language special characters were digitally recreated for the Custom Edition.
• All 2,234 photographs were digitally remastered to state-of-the-art standards by Master Printer Peter Bernardy whose contemporary Curtis photographs have been exhibited internationally in over 100 venues in 42 countries.
PRESENTATION:
• Each Volume and Portfolio Volume is bound in bonded leather over archival cloth with top-edge gilding.
•The hand-stamped spine design and content closely replicates Curtis'originaldesign.
•Text Volumes and Portfolio Volumes are printed on Mohawk Superfine, archival, acid-free, sustainable and FSC-certified paper.
SPECIFICATIONS:
The Custom Edition is a limited edition of 75 and 8 Artist's Proofs.
Publication Date: 2014-2017
Dimensions: 12-5/8 × 9-5/8 × 2"and15-1/2 × 12-1/2 × 2"
ISBN 978-1-942076-00-1
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
LEATHER: Flanders Mahogany European Bonded Leather.
BOOK CLOTH: Arrestox B-weight cloth from Holliston Mills in Church Hill, TN. Wicker-colored with
Aqueous-impregnated Acrylic backing and neutral pH. 100% cotton plain-weave cloth with linen finish.
BOOK ASSEMBLY: All books are assembled by hand under the supervision of Alyson Coward. All image press sheets are trimmed to size, inspected, and tipped with interleaving sheets as per the original books. All images are re-inspected upon insertion into the Text Volume, and inspected again to ensure that the image and text pages are properly collated.
BINDING: At Campbell-Logan Bindery in Minneapolis, under the supervision of Greg and
Duncan Campbell. Text and Portfolio Volumes are machine-oversewn single sheets per traditional
bookbinding standards, before rounding, backing, and casing. This is consistent with the original
binding of the Text and Portfolio Volumes.
TOP-EDGE GOLD GILDING: by Custom Bookbinding Inc. in Beloit, Wisconsin.
SPINE GILDING AND DIES: Text and Portfolio Volume spines are gilded using thermal
transfer gold foil. The spine stamping dies are made by Owosso Graphic Arts, Inc. Spine titling is
Birch and Garamond.
ENDSHEETS: Hahnemiihle mold-made Bugra paper #304. Archival, lightfast, 100% alpha
cellulose laid paper.
INTERLEAVING: Each of the 2,234 photographs are protected by hand-laid archival interleaving sheets. The interleaving paper is lightweight (2.Smil) buffered, acid/lignin-free 25% cotton fiber paper.
HEADBANDS: The red and yellow woven headbands are silk threads, woven onto string or cane centers, and fastened to cotton tape.
PAPER: Mohawk Superfine is one of the finest printing papers made today. Few other papers have the same reputation for quality, consistency, and uniformity. Superfine has superb formation, lush tactility, archival quality, timeless appeal and is made from premium virgin pulps. Acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council certified. For all image pages: 100 lb. text weight Superfine with Eggshell surface in Soft White. For all text pages: 80 lb. text weight Superfine with Eggshell surface in Soft White.
INK: All images are printed on an Epson Stylus Pro 9900 at Cardozo Fine Art under the direct supervision of Peter Bernardy. The wide-gamut, high-density pigment Epson UltraChrome HDR inks used on this project feature a resin coating for each particle that provides improved stability resulting in professional print permanence and lightfastness ratings of over 100 years. Epson's ten-color pigment-based ink system and unique High Dynamic Range (HDR) pigments provide an
extremely wide-color gamut. Professional print permanence ratings and exceptional black density.
PORTFOLIOS: The layout replicates the original Curtis Portfolios. The Portfolios for the Custom Edition are presented in five Portfolio Volumes. The five Portfolio Volumes comprise images from Portfolios 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, and 17-20, respectively. All Portfolio images were sourced from vintage, original photogravures from the Frederick Webb Hodge Set. The Hodge Set is one of the most valuable and important Curtis Sets in existence. This is the first time the Hodge Set
has been used for reproduction purposes. The entire Set has been conserved and de-acidified, resulting in exceptionally beautiful files and reproductions. The Hodge Set portfolio photogravures were digitally captured with a state-of-the-art setup, utilizing a Nikon D800, a Polaroid MP4 copy stand, and a professional lighting solution. The digital files were processed and optimized using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.
TEXT VOLUMES: Text and layout replicate the original Curtis Volumes. All Volume images were sourced from vintage, original photogravures from the Frederick Webb Hodge Set. The Hodge Set is one of the most valuable and important Curtis Sets in existence. This is the first time the Hodge Set has been used for reproduction purposes. The entire Set has been conserved and de-acidified, resulting in exceptionally beautiful files and reproductions. The Hodge Set photogravures
were digitally captured with a state-of-the-art setup, utilizing a Nikon D800, a specially constructed book cradle to protect the binding of the original Volumes, and a professional lighting solution. The digital files were processed and optimized using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.
TEXT PREPARATION: Text conversion was done by Wilber Schilling and Dan Shearen. The text for the Volumes was converted to digital type from original page scans using Adobe Acrobat XI software. Using the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) component of Adobe Acrobat software, the text was saved to a Microsoft Word document before importing into Adobe InDesign software for text formatting and page design. In the process, all raster type was converted to vector type formatting for the sharpest and most legible text.
PRINTING: The text pages are printed on an Océ VarioPrint 6320 press at BookMobile in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Océ VarioPrint 6320 is a toner-based printer that utilizes lower temperatures for crisper print fidelity and has a resolution of 600×1200 DPI at a 125-line screen. All 2,234 photogravure reproduction images are printed using an Epson Stylus Pro 9900.
PORTFOLIO VOLUME FONTS: Title is Hand-cut Curtis Copperplate. Copyright and date information is Formal Script. Plate numbers are Prestige Elite Std Bold. Plate lists are set in Adobe Caslon. Outside spine title is set in Birch and Garamond. The Hand-cut Curtis Copperplate font was created in electronic form by Keith Possehl to closely match the complex, individually hand-cut letter styling of the titles on the original Portfolio photogravures so as to achieve a more
coherent, visual consistency.
VOLUME FONTS: Text is set in Adobe Caslon. Image titles are set in Boton Light. Copyright and date information is Formal Script. Outside spine title is set in Garamond.
volumes: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (32.39 x 24.77 x 4.45 cm.), portfolios: 15 3/8 x 12 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (39.05 x 32.39 x 4.45 cm.)
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Condition: The set is in very good original condition.
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