Text by Jane Austen
Originally published 1817/1818

Artwork sourced from:
Herbarium Amboinensis, Vol 4. By Fansicum Changuion, Hermann Uytwerf, Joannes Catuffe, Rumpf, Georg Eberhard. Published Amstelaedami: Apud Fransicum Changuion, Joannem Catuffe, Hermannum Uytwerf, 1741

Finished July 2026

Pages: 280

General Design Overview:

• Ornament Symbolism: None. I'm sick of floral symbolism after the last three Austen novels, and nothing in Herbarium Amboinensis is labeled in a language I can read. Every design choice was made based on aesthetics and aesthetics only.

• Minimalist color scheme that will print legibly/nicely in both black and white and color

• Picked plants that felt vining/tangled, as a reflection of the book dealing with socially complex issues regarding class mobility and female independence

• Did not ornament / have a separate design for blank left pages at chapter starts; used left-hand body pages.

• Also did not split this into Volumes One and Two, even though the original publication did. The page count is low enough that I didn't really feel the need.

• Images here are cropped to disclude the bleed; all artwork extends fully into the bleed in the original files.