• 200 pages
• More than 100 illustrations
• In English language
• Released in September 2018
• L 40 x W 48 x D 8 cm
• Handcrafted in a luxury fabric flip case
• ISBN: 9781614286349
• 9kg
  

Author

Viola Raikhel-Bolot is co-founder of Vanishing Pictures Productions, as well as managing director and co-founder of 1858 Ltd Art Advisory, an international company working with some of the biggest names in modern art and collecting. Advising private banks, family offices, fashion and luxury brands and museums. She holds advisory positions in the field of the arts and is regularly sought after in the international press as a contributor to the television news programs of the Financial Times, CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg as an expert on the international art market.

Miranda Darling is a writer and co-founder of Vanishing Pictures Productions. She has published two thrillers and a novel, and has worked on several documentaries as a writer and consultant. Before studying English and Modern Languages ​​at Oxford, Miranda traveled the world as a model and worked for PAPER magazine in New York. She holds a Masters in Strategic and Defense Studies from ANU (GSSD) and was an adjunct researcher at a public policy think tank (CIS), where she published numerous articles on the topic new security threats. She writes regularly for several magazines.

Craftsmanship

Assouline's ultimate collection is a tribute to the art of luxury bookmaking. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with hand-stamped color plates on artist-quality paper, each page of this limited edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan. Covering a range of subjects from jewelry and fashion, to fine art and “impossible collections,” the ultimate collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Nestled in linen clamshell boxes, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. Signifying a new level of sophistication for true connoisseurs, these unique books are works of art in their own right.