Category Archives: Ephemera

Double Sortes

Ephemera comes in many guises. Consider offprints used as packing materials. Such a one came across my way one day. The text so delivered by chance occurences served as a most suitable pretext for a parlour game. Long after playing … Continue reading

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Candied Chestnuts

Ephemera entrances. On the inside cover of a box of Motta Marrons glacés one finds a beautiful silhouette (gold on blue) of castanea sativa, the chestnut tree, and to the side of the illustration is a passage from Robert Bourdu, … Continue reading

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