The Book as Instrument. St?phane Mallarm?, the Artist`s Book, and the Transformation of Print Culture.

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2011. Cm. 28×22, pp. xi-395, tavv. 12 a col. f. t. e figg. in nero n. t., tela e sovrac. 

In this volume the author explores how this object functioned for Mallarmé and his artistic circle, arguing that the book became a strategic site for encouraging a modern public to actively partake in the creative act, an idea that informed later twentieth-century developments such as conceptual and performance art.