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PRESSRELEASE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Karl Fritsch\u00b4s first publication with Darling Publications 2006
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\n\u201dKarl Fritsch – METROSIDEROS ROBUSTA\u201d
\nedited by Andy Lim<\/p>\n

This unsurpassed lavishly produced 2 kilogram monography presents on 444 pages, 21 x 24,5 cm,
\n6 different sorts of luxurious paper (150-200 gr, 1,5Vol.), the works of more than a decade from this young enfant terrible German goldsmith, the winner of the prestigious Fran\u00e7oise van den Bosch Award 2006. also known as \u201dLord of the Rings\u201d, in 24 chapters and 1093 photographs.
\n26 Essays in 13 languages are contributed by international experts asRobert Baines, Warwick Freeman, Helen Drutt, Graziela Folchini Grassetto, Hiko Mizuno, Paolo Tuminelli, Paul Derrez, etc. etc. etc. The only appropriate match for the contents could only be the Tryptich-Hardcover, every book handbound in 3 different colours of linnen, in various combination of colours.
\nPrinted and bound in Germany.(as allways!)<\/p>\n

This book is released in a limited edition of worldwide 1000 books, which makes the number of books produced smaller as the amount of illustrations in a single book. <\/p>\n

\u201dKarl Fritsch – METROSIDEROS ROBUSTA\u201d<\/p>\n

DARLING PUBLICATIONS
\nCologne & New York 2006<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-3-939130-13-0<\/p>\n

As the international renowed book collector Pierre IX de Campzillon en Mesquer exclaimed
\nafter seeing a pre-production copy shown by the publisher:<\/p>\n

\u201d…..Oh mon Dieu… Quel bonheur de voir ce livre. Quelle beaut\u00e9, je trouve pas les mots pour d\u00e9crire ces objets. …
\nMagnifique et puissant, d\u00e9licieus construit, si plaisant \u00e0 feuilleter.
\nCet environnement \u00e9quilibr\u00e9 \u00e0 tout point de vue me procure la nourriture essentielle pour mon \u00e2me …\u201d<\/p>\n

A statement not difficult to understand when one is able to secure an own personal copy of this bibliophile work of art <\/em><\/p>\n