"This bean-book is based on illustrations from the <>, Verlag Eberhard Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1947. Some of the legends and labels of the original have been replaced by the authors (sometimes at random by George Brecht, with the names of beans from the Alison Knowles collection). This original edition has been published in February 1983, in an edition of 80 signed and numbered copies, plus 8 copies 'hors commerce' reserved for the authors and publishers. The edition has been silk-screen-printed on 'simili-japon by Roel Goussey and hand-bound by Liliane Gérard. Each copy is accompanied by an original silk-screen print hand-annotated by Alison Knowles, and signed by the authors." -- publisher's statement.