Boom, Irma. SHV 1896-1996

Irma Boom / Johan Pijnappel, published on the occasion of the centenary of Steenkolen Handelsvereeniging, 1996. 2136 unpaginated pages. 11 cm thick and 3.5 kilos in weight, with 8 bookmarks. Anniversary edition in English. A technically advanced work of art combining laser printing, perforations, complex grids, etc. Edition of 3500 copies. Cover with some mild stains, traces of use. Internally fine.

*For the duration of three months, Drukkerij Rosbeek halted all other production to print this work, the total cost eventually amounting to approx. 1.3 million euros. The specially developed paper was designed to last for centuries. One of the most notable designs is a field of tulips, printed on the block edge, which alters into the lines of Gerrit Achterberg’s poem (“De Bolero van Ravel”) when viewed from the opposite angle.