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In 1776, at the Enlightenment’s height, Jan Christiaan Sepp published a wholly unique and striking work: A Representation of Marble Types. Across 100 richly hand-colored plates, it traced an elegant visual journey through 570 different marble types. This facsimile edition, a world first, devotedly brings to life a forgotten book of great knowledge and rare beauty.
Price: $125.00
Pages: 312
Publisher: TASCHEN
Imprint: TASCHEN
Series: Classics
Publication Date:
24 May 2023
Trim Size: 11.97 X 9.57 in
ISBN: 9783836584500
Format: Hardcover
“Beautifully reproduced.”
“A marvel that brings the true beauty of stone to life. A fascinating visual journey through 570 different types of marble that honors Sepp's forgotten work with great expertise. An absolute must!”
“The plates – each meticulously hand-colored and arranged with painstaking precision – offer an abstract-art feel that gives the recent volume a reinvigorated slant, arousing the contemporary senses of modern readers.”
“…mesmerizing doesn’t even begin to describe the exquisite patterns on these stones.”
“This true polyglot edition with 100 brilliant, hand-colored plates of marble specimens from all parts of Europe is one of the finest works to come from the Amsterdam scientific publishing firm of Jan Christiaan Sepp.”
“A marvel that brings the true beauty of stone to life. A fascinating visual journey through 570 different types of marble that honors Sepp's forgotten work with great expertise. An absolute must!”
“The plates – each meticulously hand-colored and arranged with painstaking precision – offer an abstract-art feel that gives the recent volume a reinvigorated slant, arousing the contemporary senses of modern readers.”
“…mesmerizing doesn’t even begin to describe the exquisite patterns on these stones.”
“This true polyglot edition with 100 brilliant, hand-colored plates of marble specimens from all parts of Europe is one of the finest works to come from the Amsterdam scientific publishing firm of Jan Christiaan Sepp.”