Following the success of Quadrivium, Sciencia, and Designa in the
acclaimed Wooden Books series, Trivium is a compendium of writings on
the classical subjects at the heart of a liberal education, bringing the
wisdom of the past into the twenty-first century.
The trivium refers to the three liberal arts considered in classical
Greece to be the pillars of critical thought: grammar, logic, and
rhetoric. Following on the success of Quadrivium and Sciencia,
Trivium gathers six Wooden Books titles together into a beautiful
six-color package that presents ancient wisdom in an accessible way.
Trivium will include the books Euphonics, Grammar, Logic,
Rhetoric, Poetic Meter and Form, and Ethics.
Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near
Hay-on-Wye. The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books
based on the classical philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the
Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles
fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings,
the books are designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information.
Eco friendly and educational. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over
1,000,000 Wooden Books now in print worldwide and growing.