Book of the day > Hortus Sanitatis: The Gucci Book by Derek Ridgers. Gold foiled hardcover with gold edged pages. Comes with Gucci poison red cotton pouch. Exclusive to us on the West Coast! Limited edition; first come, first served; one per person, please! "Hortus Sanitatis (Latin for ‘The Garden of Health’). Shot by Derek Ridgers, the book combines colour fashion photography of the Gucci pre-fall 2017 collection with illustrations of tigers and snakes and black and white photographs of library shelves and an apothecary. It takes its name from the first natural history encyclopedia, which was published in Mainz, Germany, in 1485. Shot in Rome in historical spaces that have remained untouched for centuries, the photographs offer a window into lost worlds. The locations are: Antica Spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala, an old apothecary, Biblioteca Angelica, a beautiful library filled with rare, ancient manuscripts, and Antica Libreria Cascianelli, a sprawling archive of books and pieces of art." @idea.ltd @gucci @derekridgers