Boom, I. SHV 1896-1996

Boom/ J. Pijnappel, voor de Steenkolen Handelsvereniging, 1996. 2136 unpaginated pages. 11 cm thick and 3.5 kilos in weight, w. 8 bookmarks. Anniversary ed. in English. Technically advanced work of art combining laser printing, perforations, complex grids, etc. Ed. of 3500 copies. Incl. a fore-edge image of a field of tulips which, upon paging through the book, changes into the poem "De Bolero van Ravel" by G. Achterberg.

Cover sl. soiled, otherwise fine. *The paper, specifically prepared for this book, lasts for centuries. For the duration of 3 months, Drukkerij Rosbeek halted all other work in order to be able to print this book, with production costs eventually amounting to approx. 1.3 million euros.