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The Eidolon first appears in Homer’s classic epic The Illiad as a pleading spirit whose character is transformed
through modern literature into a baleful apparition to be feared and avoided at all costs. This wholly new narration
– conceived, designed, and printed by Richard Zauft – reconstructs the writings of Homer, Goethe, Edgar Allen Poe,
Walt Whitman, and others to reinterpret their poetic tales of dread. Using multiple overlays of text to represent
the many voices of the Eidolon and its victims, the effect is a modern day Greek chorus of revenge, murder, and
reckoning. EIDOLON is told in four chapters, beginning with the Invocation, followed by The Summoning, The
Possession, and concluding with The Reckoning, a cautionary nightmare warning the reader that the timeless
Eidolon exists in all of us waiting to be summoned at an unknown time to witness justice.
Letterpress and ink-jet printed on Asuka and Enduroice papers with numerous black ink-dyed sheets. The four
chapter images were derived from sculptures photographed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
The front and back cover images are photographs of sand patterns created by ebbing waves on a Pacific Ocean
beach. The photograph of the Greek temple was taken at Segesta, Sicily. The title typeface and chapter numerals
were designed by Richard Zauft. Amy Borezo made the initial prototype binding. Nancy Southworth, Allie Kaplan-
Thompson, and Marnie Cobbs collaborated on the final binding. The translucent papers are bound in an exposed
sewn spine and attached with white alum-tawed goatskin thongs to translucent, plexiglass covers engraved with
the title that combines a medieval binding technique with modern day materials. This unique binding is wrapped
in a protective natural goatskin.
Zauft, Richard, EIDOLON, 13.06 x 9.56 inches, 90 pages, Richard Zauft Editions, 2024. Edition of 15.