It has to, really, because it's a book about books; about printing and publishing and defending beautiful crafted books. Mind you, plenty of publishers wouldn't put the effort into it for a paperback.
But the designer, Jane Waterhouse, publisher, Lisa Berryman, and I spent hours last Friday choosing 16th century Venetian and Dutch printers' devices such as colophons and frontispieces from the wondrous Sticht collection of the State Library of Victoria (which is also where I work a few days a week).
These will adorn the front matter and chapter openers. I just can't tell you how appropriate it is, on so many levels, because you haven't read the book yet.
But you will. Won't you?
2 comments:
Could you please , in your free time provide us some excerpt from the book "Act of Faith". I loved reading books but mostly fantasy and suspense thriller. Looking forward to your response.
Will do. Thanks for your comment. K
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