Philadelphia: Luminice Press, 2019. Number 3 of 10 copies, initialed on the colophon by the book artists. Book artist and printer Thomas Parker Williams began creating artists' books in 1998 while also painting. As of 2009 he has limited his art practice exclusively to artists' books. In that year he also began collaborating with his wife, photographer Mary Agnes Williams. In 2013 they started Luminice Press, incorporating letterpress printing into artists' books and broadsides. The artists' books draw on a range of conceptual sources in creating their books, including mathematics, music, literature, theology, philosophy, astronomy, natural sciences, and Eastern thought. Books by Williams or the Luminice Press may be found in over 50 public collections around the country.

This delightful book from the esteemed Luminice Press prints and illustrates a lovely short poem written by Robert Herrick in 1648. The poem extols the joys of living and loving despite knowing how short and ephemeral is life: "Come, let us goe (sic) while we are in our prime...We shall grow old apace, and die before we know our liberty." The poem is accompanied by bright and colorful illustrations of flowers and trees that bloom in the radiance of a May springtime. The book is printed on handmade paper, with the images in pochoir, hand-set text and letterpress printed. Bound in a soft cover paper with floral images on the covers and with green ribbons holding the spine closed. The book is housed in a softcover case with pink silkscreened hand-made paper in pink with floral designs. Mary Agnes developed the concept and design, and did the typesetting and printing. Thomas also developed the design, and did the illustrations, printing, and binding. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [10 pages]. ARTB/041525. More