The egg is engraved with the title, perfect imprint, embellished with an original engraving enclosed with a text by Michael Gluck. This book object was delivered with rolled, uncrumpled pages within the shell. Their removal caused them to crumpled. The texts are egg shaped and printed on Tibetian paper with one raised, ink and gold leaf illuminated letter per page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

"An unpublished text by Christian Gabriel/le Guez-Ricord. An original triptych made by Anik Vinay (paper work, embossing, pastel). A design of the set and a realization of Émile-Bernard Souchière. Either a typography in gold ink on black Japan. A pyramidal and spherical place of wood, glass and metal marked with writings."

Taken from:(https://atelierdesgrames.com/livres-objet?start=6)

An unpublished text by Michaël Glück, translated into Italian by Julio Sforza. Typographed in Aster on “chestnut” from Moulin de Larroque, roman for French, italic for Italian, -interlocking languages- decorated with hand graphics, folded by metal, held closed by the weight of the bookmark/ruler. Numbered, signed and multiplied to 21 copies. X pages, in-plano. 1999. Followed by an edition on Vergé de Vénétie, printed in 99 copies, punctuated with hand signs, bound by thread. Numbered, signed. 1999. Format: 7x41x7cm, weight ±1500g Published and produced by Anik Vinay. L’ABORDÉE from:https://atelierdesgrames.com/

Lames means thin metal in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The folded letters were printed in an edition of 650 in 1983-1991 and mailed to the Sackner Archive in separate envelopes by Edition Despalles, the distributor for Atelier des Grames, but the cassette that holds them is made upon request. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This unusual exhibition catalog, which itself can be classified as an artist book, consists of booklets with reproductions from limited editioned artist and illustrated books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.