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That’s the international publisher’s mistake. The text is famous for being similar in style to the preserved Icelandic originals. It’s quite authentic.
by designerarvid 5mo ago
That’s the international publisher’s mistake. The text is famous for being similar in style to the preserved Icelandic originals. It’s quite authentic.
- atombender 5mo agoThe cover uses a 19th century drawing by the French painter Louis Charles Bombled (from a book on the history of France, oddly enough). NYRB's cover designer, Katy Homans, is usually good, so I'm not sure why this was chosen. I'm sure their design budget is somewhere near zero, so being public domain may have been a factor.