Titre et auteur:

Three early French essays on paper marbling, 1642-1765 / with an introduction and thirteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe.

Publication:

Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press, 1987.

Description:

106, [2] p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., 13 col. samples ; 26 cm.

Notes:
"Translations by Richard J. Wolfe"--Page 5
Essay no. 1 from an unpublished manuscript, Lyon, ca. 1642; no. 2 originally published in the Journal oeconomique, 1758; no. 3 originally published in the Diderot-D'Alembert Encyclopédie, 1765.
"310 copies of this book have been printed at the Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, Pa., December 1986. The text was composed in Cochin types by Mackenzie-Harris Corp., printed on dampened handmade Umbria paper and bound by Gray Parrot, Inc."--Colophon
Marbled samples and 2 ill. are mounted.
Quarter-bound in morocco and tips with leather spine label; "snail" pattern marbled paper over boards
No. 1. For the making of marbled paper, called Turkish paper -- No. 2. Best method of making marbled paper -- No. 3. Marbler of paper.

Sujet:

Marbling (Bookbinding) France.
Marbled papers France.
Marbrure (Reliure) France.
Papier marbré France.
Marbled papers.
Marbling (Bookbinding)
Marmorpapier
Quelle
Marmerpapier.
France

Classification/genre:

Printed books United States Pennsylvania Newtown 20th century Specimens.
Limitation statements (Publishing) Pennsylvania Newtown 20th century.

Vedettes secondaires:

Wolfe, Richard J., 1928-2017.
Bird & Bull Press, publisher.
Gray Parrot, Inc., binder.
United States Pennsylvania Newtown.

Three essays on marbling

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque conservation office 22126
Cote: ID PRES; ID:87-B9084
Statut: Disponible