Book Zoo
Book Zoo
Date
2014
Edition Size
500
Media
Offset print
Binding
Saddle
Format
Zine
Dimensions
5 × 5 in
Pages
80
Printer
Eberhard Press
Enclosure
Dust-Jacket
Collection
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Colgate University
Harvard University Art Museums
Josh MacPhee’s Book Zoo features a collection of 156 animal motif colophons. With each chapter introduced by MacPhee’s playful book creature illustrations, Book Zoo documents a little looked at history of publisher’s logos, also known as colophon, that range from colossal mammals to insect pavilion. Often used as a printer’s mark, the history of the colophon traces back to the early 16th century to distinguish books by printers and publishers. This is Pound the Pavement #13, a part of MacPhee’s series of zines.