Finding her place, Jeanne Baret : the woman behind the naturalist

Jeanne Baret : the woman behind the naturalist

San Francisco, California, Gazelle and Goat Press, 2019

Artist Books

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36 unnumbered leaves (some folded)

color illustrations, maps

22 x 24 cm

Environmental Design Library

"Many thanks to Glynis Ridley for her inspiration and kindness in allowing 'No Place for a Woman' and 'Midwifery and the World of Naturalists' to include excerpts from 'The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe' by Glynis Ridley ..."--Colophon.
Edition of 40, signed and numbered by the book artist
Accordion binding of eight gatherings, each in a bifolium printed with a map of the relevant region. The second through seventh consist of a double-width leaf (45 cm, with text and laser-cut plant outline) folded forward over a translucent leaf (with notes and a plant illustration). The first gathering consists of five leaves and one folded leaf (22 x 61 cm); the last gathering is two leaves, containing the colophon and a plastic envelope with a botanical sample.
"Removable magnetic spine binding opens completely back-to-back, with digitally produced specimen chart hidden within. Hahnemuhle Bugra Fawn folio maps letterpress printed from polymer plates, adapted from French expedition maps from the published logs 'Voyage Autour du Monde par la Frégate du rio [that is, roi] la Boudeuse et la Fluté L'Etoile,' with thanks to the Internet Archive for their digital copy of the book. Crane's Lettra Ecru 90lb specimen folios letterpress printed from linoleum blocks and polymer plates. Plant outlines laser cut and secured with Japanese tissue. Laser cut specimens were adapted from the original plant specimens collected by Commerson and Baret on the expedition, archived in the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Interleaved vellum sheets with macro photography by the artist laser printed on Neenah UV Ultra II. Spine bound with Gmund Bier Paper Accordion (made with brewer's spent grain)"--Colophon
Letterpress printed.
Chart hidden under the spine (mentioned in the colophon) replaced with a solid color paper because of wear and tear--Communication from the book artist.
"When Jeanne Baret stepped on-board the Etoile ship in 1766, she didn't set out to be the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Alongside her colleague, accomplice and lover, Philibert Commerson, she took on many roles during the expedition as a botanist, herb woman, nurse, and cataloger of the more than 630 specimens they brought aboard." -- Description from the artist's website at https://www.rhiannonalpers.com/.

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