The deluxe edition clamshell case, covered in red bookcloth with gold foil-stamping.
Inside the case, the Ta-Roc print is on the left, and the book is on the right.
There are 4 Ta-Roc prints, each limited to 150 copies and distributed randomly throughout the edition. You’d need to be pretty committed to get all four.
The back of the Ta-Roc print – notice the signature in Serafinian.
The deluxe edition book, bound in cream-colored bookcloth with gold and black stamping and a multi-part glossy pastedown.
A spread from the new preface. It’s interesting to see Serafini’s continued evolution, as he incorporates forms first seen in Storie Naturali (published in 2009).
Another spread from the new preface.
The back cover, with some Serafini trademarks.
The colophon page, wich a signed and numbered bookplate.
The “Decodex” – this is substantially different from the version published by Rizzoli in 2006. Whereas that was a collection of essays and ephemera related to the Codex, this is an essay by Serafini, translated into multiple languages.
Inside the Decodex.
Serafini’s essay in the Decodex.
Wow. I wish I owned this…