Octavo. Unpaginated. Stated second edition. Schwartzott's material experiments in vision and mirroring investigates perception both as a cognitive activity and a literary enterprise. The way we see, as Schwartzott states on the laid-in explanatory sheet, proves to be "'a reflection' of beauty," one particularly amenable to the use of Japanese materials. These include a running image of a Geisha, imagined here as an emblematic figure who looks at herself in the name of beautification, even to the appeal of another. The undercurrent of critique of beauty standards is suitably complicated, sliding back and forth between societal and personal "beauty." Pages combined mylar, chirogami, paste and fine Japanese paper, manipulated and printed using inkjet, Xerox, and gocco painting. The results include translucencies, sublimations, and reflected texts. Schwartzott borrows woodcuts made by Chokosa Eiso, Eishosai Choki, and Kitgawa Utamaro. Bound in silver mat-board gocco-printed in silver. Fine. Housed in dropback box with painted illustration to lid and mirror at bottom.