A private press

The Folio
Press

Illustrated editions of the books that deserve them — each volume drawn in the hand of one chosen illustrator, plate by plate, against the passage it depicts.

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Every book here was read end to end, divided into the scenes that wanted a picture, and then drawn — not by a general-purpose image model, but by a hand trained on one artist's body of work until it had learned that artist's particular way of seeing.

Each plate is set beside the passage it illustrates, so you can read the sentence and look at the picture at the same time. Every one was reviewed, and the ones that got the story wrong were sent back and drawn again.

The Hands

8 ateliers · trained here, plate by plate

Gustave DoréGustave DoréSteel engravingTsukioka YoshitoshiTsukioka YoshitoshiUkiyo-e woodblockKawase HasuiKawase HasuiShin-hangaHergéHergéLigne claireFrank FrazettaFrank FrazettaHeroic fantasy oilClyde CaldwellClyde CaldwellFantasy illustrationRalph McQuarrieRalph McQuarrieProduction paintingHiroshi HirataHiroshi HirataSamurai gekiga

From the Shelves

41 volumes in the press

The HobbitThe Hobbit42 platesDuneDune60 platesStar Wars: From the Adventures of Luke SkywalkerStar Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker52 platesMusashiMusashi60 platesMoby-DickMoby-Dick51 platesI - The Fellowship of the RingI - The Fellowship of the Ring56 plates2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey45 platesThe IliadThe Iliad40 plates
41Volumes
1,985Plates
8Ateliers
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