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DINE, JIM. The Temple of Flora. Botanical Notes Compiled and Poetry Selected by Glenn Todd & Nancy Dine. 28 drypoint engravings and additional engraving "Details from Nancy's Garden," signed and numbered by the artist, loose as issued in printed paper folder laid in box; prints produced at Atelier Crommelynk, Paris. Letterpress by Andrew Hoyem in Romulus type on Rives BFK wove paper. Large folio, 1/4 green goatskin over sage cloth; publisher's matching cloth box with lid incorporating an original bonded bronze bas-relief sculpture by Dine titled "Flora's Temple Gate." San Francisco: Arion Press, 1984
number 23 of 175 copies of this elaborate limited edition production. Each engraving is accompanied by a poem from such writers as Ashbery, Crane, Cummings, Plath, Pound, Stevens and Williams among others, some commissioned specifically for the work. D'Oench 177a-177c.
