The Annual, Volume One
First edition. Signed and numbered by hand. Printed once.
A year of journeys across Europe, bound in cloth. Twenty-five collections, 422 illustrations, 288 pages, ten by ten inches. Every copy of the first edition signed and numbered by hand.
The first edition is on its way from the bindery. Orders placed now ship in late November and arrive before the holidays. If you reserved a copy during the preorder, it is already set aside and ships first. There is no need to order again.
Shipping
The Annual ships from the studio in its own parcel, with shipping calculated at checkout. An order with prints shows two shipping charges, one for the book and one for the prints, and two tracking numbers. Copies ship in late November, preorder copies first. Full details on the shipping page.
How the work is made
Watercolor-inspired illustrations, made digitally. Learn more at How the Work Is Made.
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The story
Forty years to make this book, and one year to draw it.
Twenty-five collections. A journey across Europe, from first light to the flight home. Not the landmarks, but the moments around them. The café at dawn, the muddy boots by the front door, the part I most want to remember.
The object
Ten by Ten Inches, Bound in Cloth
288 pages. 422 illustrations. Cloth over board, stamped in metal foil. Printed in New England by Puritan Capital, one of the last great art book printers in the country, on GardaPat paper from Italy.
Sewn signatures, made to be opened flat and often. Every copy of the first edition signed and numbered by hand.
The pages
A Look Inside
First edition
Only Printed Once
Signed and numbered by hand. Copies ship in late November and arrive before the holidays.
The artist
A Year of Her Looking
Ana Carolina Monnaco is an artist and architectural illustrator. In 2007 she won the Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, the highest honor in architectural illustration, the first woman and the youngest to receive it. The Annual is a year of her looking, made into something you can hold.
Questions
Copies ship from the studio in late November and arrive before the holidays. Preorder copies ship first.
The Annual ships from the studio in its own parcel, with shipping calculated at checkout. An order with prints shows two shipping charges, one for the book and one for the prints, and two tracking numbers.
Write to ana@themonnacocollection.com and it is handled directly.
Watercolor-inspired illustrations, made digitally. Learn more at How the Work Is Made.