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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade Review“Beautifully reproduced.” * Apollo *
“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!” * Archimag *
“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.” * designboom *
“…mesmerizing doesn’t even begin to describe the exquisite patterns on these stones.” * Domino *
“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.” * The Mineralogical Record *
