GIACOMERON
Short description:
The book Giacomeron contains a cycle of poems by Tamara Bukovskaya, a poet, essayist, translator and full member of the Academy of Russian Verse, that was inspired by the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova (Histoire de ma vie, 1791–98).
Artists:
Edition:
25 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 3 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:1995
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Number of pages:152
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Dimensions:272 × 190 mm
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Paper:Tumba Grafik «Zorn» (Sweden), 300 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
Giacomo Casanova wrote the autobiographical Historie de ma vie in his old age, between 1789 and 1798, while living in Count Waldstein’s castle of Dux in Bohemia (now Duchcov in the Czech Republic). Tamara Bukovskaya’s Giacomeron is a monument of sorts to the first attempt to publish an original version of the translation of Casanova’s memoirs in Russia. Its title points us to the aesthetics of the title of Casanova’s own five-volume utopian novel Isocameron (1788). The plot-forming background to the cycle of poems was provided by a few episodes from the life of the controversial adventurer.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the idea, layout, illustrations and design of the cover — Valery Mishin
Printing of the chromolithographs — Mikhail Muskin
Hand typesetting of the text — Galina Buinova
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Technical assistance — Victor Davydov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the idea, layout, illustrations and design of the cover — Valery Mishin
Printing of the chromolithographs — Mikhail Muskin
Hand typesetting of the text — Galina Buinova
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Technical assistance — Victor Davydov
The book’s text was typeset by hand in the Akademicheskaya typeface and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
The publication contains 16 colour illustrations executed in the chromolithography technique and printed in the classic manner from six separate lithographic stones.
One of the means of expression used in the design of the book is the figured cut-outs in some pages made in the shape of the devices used for the suits on French playing cards, which serves as a sort of metaphor for Casanova’s adventurous life, full of passions and gambles.
The endpapers and half-titles are decorated with debossing, again in the form of card suit symbols – a cross-like version of the clubs trefoil and a heart, both reminders of Casanova’s hot-blooded nature and his inconstancy in love.
The cover is made of French leather in three colours: black, red and blue. The decoration features the cross and the heart that fit together like pieces of a jigsaw.
The title of the book on the spine and the frames enclosing the front and back covers are made of brass.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The title of the book on the spine and the frames enclosing the front and back covers are made of brass.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
-
Year of publication:1995
-
Number of pages:152
-
Dimensions:272 × 190 mm
-
Paper:Tumba Grafik «Zorn» (Sweden), 300 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
Giacomo Casanova wrote the autobiographical Historie de ma vie in his old age, between 1789 and 1798, while living in Count Waldstein’s castle of Dux in Bohemia (now Duchcov in the Czech Republic). Tamara Bukovskaya’s Giacomeron is a monument of sorts to the first attempt to publish an original version of the translation of Casanova’s memoirs in Russia. Its title points us to the aesthetics of the title of Casanova’s own five-volume utopian novel Isocameron (1788). The plot-forming background to the cycle of poems was provided by a few episodes from the life of the controversial adventurer.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the idea, layout, illustrations and design of the cover — Valery Mishin
Printing of the chromolithographs — Mikhail Muskin
Hand typesetting of the text — Galina Buinova
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Technical assistance — Victor Davydov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Creator of the idea, layout, illustrations and design of the cover — Valery Mishin
Printing of the chromolithographs — Mikhail Muskin
Hand typesetting of the text — Galina Buinova
Printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Technical assistance — Victor Davydov
Text
The book’s text was typeset by hand in the Akademicheskaya typeface and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
Illustrations
The publication contains 16 colour illustrations executed in the chromolithography technique and printed in the classic manner from six separate lithographic stones.
One of the means of expression used in the design of the book is the figured cut-outs in some pages made in the shape of the devices used for the suits on French playing cards, which serves as a sort of metaphor for Casanova’s adventurous life, full of passions and gambles.
The endpapers and half-titles are decorated with debossing, again in the form of card suit symbols – a cross-like version of the clubs trefoil and a heart, both reminders of Casanova’s hot-blooded nature and his inconstancy in love.
Binding
The cover is made of French leather in three colours: black, red and blue. The decoration features the cross and the heart that fit together like pieces of a jigsaw.
The title of the book on the spine and the frames enclosing the front and back covers are made of brass.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The title of the book on the spine and the frames enclosing the front and back covers are made of brass.
The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Tamara Bukovskaya
GIACOMERON
A cycle of poets based on the biography of Giacomo Casanova