Laura. A Journey Into the Crystal

George Sand

Written by Romantic author George Sand, this enchanting narrative blends fantasy and mineralogy.

HK$ 250

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Laura. A Journey Into the Crystal

Overview

Written by Romantic author George Sand, this enchanting narrative blends fantasy and mineralogy. Readers are invited into the mysterious universe of crystal structures, where scientific discovery meets poetic imagination. 

Isabelle Bardiès-Fronty

Author of Laura. A Journey Into the Crystal’s foreword, Art Historian and General Conservator of the Musée de Cluny

Through the dreamlike transposition of her characters into a cavernous mineralogical universe, Sand established herself as a pioneer of contemporary fantasy.

Wenzel Hablik, Utopian Architectural Landscape, oil on canvas,​ 1921, Schleswig, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Schloss Gottorf

Wenzel Hablik, Utopian Architectural Landscape, oil on canvas,​ 1921, Schleswig, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Schloss Gottorf.

© Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf​
Wenzel Hablik, The Path of the Genius, oil on canvas, 1918, Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum

Wenzel Hablik, The Path of the Genius, oil on canvas, 1918, Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum.

© Wenzel Hablik Stiftung
Wenzel Hablik, Cathedral interior – gondola canal – water arts – glowing, gas glass balloons, oil on canvas, 1921, Regensburg, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie

Wenzel Hablik, Cathedral interior – gondola canal – water arts – glowing, gas glass balloons, oil on canvas, 1921, Regensburg, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie.

© Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg / Wolfram Schmidt, Regensburg
Wenzel Hablik, Large Colorful Utopian Buildings, oil on canvas, 1922, Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum

Wenzel Hablik, Large Colorful Utopian Buildings, oil on canvas, 1922, Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum.

© Wenzel Hablik Stiftung
Wenzel Hablik, Destruction, oil on canvas, 1917, Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum

Wenzel Hablik, Destruction, oil on canvas, 1917, Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum.

© Wenzel Hablik Stiftung

Details

Price: HK$250

Authors: George Sand

Publishers: Franco Maria Ricci / L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

Publication: May 2025

Available languages

  • English: 979-1-2802-9492-0

Characteristics

  • Format: 12 x 23 cm
  • 175 pages
  • 13 images

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