Marbled Paper, Its History, Techniques and Patterns, With Special Reference to the Relationship of Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western World [new, in publisher's cardboard shipping carton]

Wolfe, Richard J.

ISBN 10: 0812281888 / ISBN 13: 9780812281880

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1990

About this Item

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. BRAND NEW in a bright and shiny BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Still SEALED in the PUBLISHER'S cardboard SHIPPING CARTON. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. NOT price clipped. Sharp corners. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. 1990. First Edition. With 430 illustrations, 350 in beautiful full color. Bernard Middleton's review in THE LIBRARY states, "twenty-five years' work has resulted in a scholarly and very readable volume which will be the standard work for many years. exhaustive. includes much information not available or easily found elsewhere. essential reading." From the dust jacket: "For 250 years after its introduction to Europe around 1600, the method of decorating paper known as marbling reigned supreme as the chief means of embellishing the fine work of hand-bookbinders. In MARBLED PAPER, Richard J. Wolfe, a rare book librarian and practicing marbler, reconstructs the rise and fall of the craft and offers the most comprehensive account available of its history, techniques, and patterns." A publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Series. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New. 293pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marbled Paper, Its History, Techniques and Patterns, With Special Reference to the Relationship of Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western World [new, in publisher's cardboard shipping carton]
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812281888
• ISBN 13: 9780812281880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books about Books
  • Paper Making & Marbling
  • Book Collecting / References for Book Collectors

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Synopsis

For 250 years after its introduction to Europe around 1600, the method of decorating paper known as marbling reigned supreme as the chief means of embellishing the fine work of hand-bookbinders. Richard J. Wolfe reconstructs the rise and fall of the craft and offers the most comprehensive account available of its history, techniques, and patterns.

A publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Series

About the Author

RIchard J. Wolfe was the curator of rare book and manuscripts in The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard University and the Joseph Garland Librarian of the Boston Medical Library. He has written on the subjects of early American music publishing, nineteenth-century color printing, and the book arts.