Odysseus — mastermind of the Trojan Horse, favourite of Athena, ten years at war and ten years trying to get home.
The Odyssey is his story.
The crescent shield is the shape of the moon that guides sailors home across dark water.
The crescent shield carries the dolphin — the house emblem of Odysseus. According to Plutarch, when Telemachus fell into the sea as a child, a school of dolphins bore him to safety. From that day the dolphin became the sign of the house of Odysseus.
Lettered Edition — 26 copies — €3,500
One unique Jacquard silk textile per copy.
Hand-gilded distressed crescent shield. Cast bronze dolphin boss.
Dichroic glass cabochon clasp in a hand-gilded bezel, closing with concealed neodymium magnets.
Hand-painted calf leather cover, wave pattern painted freehand by Patrick Livingstone.
Peacock pattern paper inside, Hand-marbled by Patrick.
Sapphire glass portal in a copper bezel containing soil from Ithaca, Mycenae and Troy, collected in person.
Fore-edge painting after John William Waterhouse, executed by Patrick Livingstone.
Hot-foiled spine. Hand gilded and patinated nameplates.
Housed in a leather-covered Solander box, spine lettered with the character name and edition designation.
Every lettered copy carries its own unique textile, no two are alike.
The lettered edition is available with either Robert Fitzgerald's translation in the Everyman's Library edition, or Stephen Fry's retelling. Please state your preference when joining the waitlist.
Numbered Edition — 75 copies — €750
The same hand-painted cover. The same hand-gilded shield. The same cast bronze boss. The same hand-marbled paper.
Seventy-eight unique Jacquard silk textiles across the edition — every copy receives its own.
Housed in a cloth Solander box, spine lettered with the character name and edition number.
No two numbered copies are identical.
The text of the numbered edition will be Stephen Fry's retelling
of the Odyssey
What you're not getting for €750: the dichroic clasp, the sapphire portal, and the Waterhouse fore-edge painting. What you are getting: everything else.
Each copy is made with the textile illustrated. If you would prefer one of the alternatives shown below, simply note your preferred number when joining the waitlist.
