The Morgan Register
Bound by Minsky, 2014
15½" x 10¼"

A mostly blank visitor's register for the Director's office of The Morgan Library & Museum, with the addition of several images interspersed throughout. Goatskin, title in 23K gold, stainless steel grid coated in Titanium Nitride. Rives heavyweight paper, 175 gsm. Sewn on double raised linen cords with Irish linen thread. Laced-in boards. Headbands of linen thread over a core of alum-tawed pigskin laminated to goat vellum. The endpapers are photos by Minsky, printed on an Epson R1900 with 6-color archival pigment inks. There are several other photos by Minsky throughout the book.

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Below: The title page.


Below: An interior photo of The Morgan Library

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