[The Better to See You With]

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Photographs of the 2001-2002 artist's book competition winner "The Better to See You With" created by Herman Iselin. Wolf fur binding and embroidered red velvet end papers enclose pages with the story of Little Red Riding Hood embossed in Braille. The book was designed as a concept piece, which would allow a blind child to experience the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The cover of the book is a square shaped blob of grey fur. Image 2, top of closed book. The grey fur of the cover can be seen, inside of it the book cover is red with … continued below

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4 photographs : col. ; 3707 x 3456 px. 5039 x 3400 px. 4787 x 3089 px. 4627 x 3198 px.

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Iselin, Herman 2001/2002.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rare Book and Texana Collections and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 219 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photographs of the 2001-2002 artist's book competition winner "The Better to See You With" created by Herman Iselin. Wolf fur binding and embroidered red velvet end papers enclose pages with the story of Little Red Riding Hood embossed in Braille. The book was designed as a concept piece, which would allow a blind child to experience the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The cover of the book is a square shaped blob of grey fur. Image 2, top of closed book. The grey fur of the cover can be seen, inside of it the book cover is red with white pages. Image 3, inside title. The furry book is propped open upright, the page on the left showing the velvety red inside cover. On it are the words "Little Red Riding Hood in red. The page on the right is blank. Image four, braille writing. The photo is a closeup of a white page filed with braille, the red and furry cover partially seen.

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4 photographs : col. ; 3707 x 3456 px. 5039 x 3400 px. 4787 x 3089 px. 4627 x 3198 px.

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This image was taken for use in the digital version of UNT Special Collections' exhibit of its Biennial Artists' Book Competition.

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Rare Book and Texana Collections

These materials include a 1633 map, America Noviter Delineata; H. K. Yoakum's History of Texas, and Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 by Randolph B. Marcy.

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Drawn from the UNT Archives, these photographs depict images of University of North Texas football, UNT alumni and alumni events, and images of the changing and growing University of North Texas campus.

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  • 2001/2002

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  • June 17, 2020, 1:52 p.m.

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Iselin, Herman. [The Better to See You With], photograph, 2001/2002; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703757/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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