Maps and Globe
Riverside, CA: Bo Press Miniature Books, 2022. Hardcover. Pat Sweet describes herself as creating illuminated miniature books of curiosity, humor, and delight. She creates both miniature (under 3 inches) and macro-miniature (under 1 inch) books. She designs, prints, and binds all of her books and builds (by hand) all of her sculptural items. A beautiful terrestrial globe stands on a cherry wood base. The globe has granular antiqued brass circles at both poles and rests on an elaborate brass base of graduated crowns. The base has a drawer that contains six plates from Garners's Atlas de Geographie of 1865. The plates are backed with a French marbled paper of green and yellow. Size: 3 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches. Globe is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. In fine condition. ARTB/032023. Fine. More