Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
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Artwork sourced from:
A Handbook of Plant-Form: For Students of Design, by Ernest E. Clark. Published London: B. T. Batsford, app 1904.
North American Trees, By Nathaniel Lord Britton. Published Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1908.
Finished June 2026
Pages: 426
Title Page
Title Page
Black Walnut Leaf
Copyright
Copyright
Oak Leaf glaze
Oak acorn border
Front Matter Left Page Design
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3-Volume Format; each Volume TOC is on its own page
Front Matter Right Page Design
General Design Overview:
Floral Symbolism:
Aspen: resilience in the face of change; excess of sensibility
Oak: wisdom, intellect, endurance
Black Walnut: wisdom, discernment, reason
Crocus: mirth, youthfulness, beware of excess
Bellflower: constancy, unwavering love
Color scheme feels cool and elegant; Fonts chosen for further elegance
Flower and leaf arrangements designed to feel wilder, more natural, in layout; playing with thematic tension between reason and passion (sense vs sensibility)
Chapter Start
Chapter Start
Crocus, bellflower, and aspen
Body, Left
Body, Left
Header designed as continuation of the border
Body, Right
Body, Right
Footer also designed as continuation of the border
Volume Title Page
Volume Title Page
Walnut leaf
Each Volume has its own title page
Blank Left
Blank Left
For left-hand pages that would otherwise be blank at chapter and volume start spreads
Aspen, crocus, bellflower
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