Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques and Patterns - Hardcover

Wolfe, R.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812281888 ISBN 13: 9780812281880

Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 245 pages; Physical desc.: xvi, 245 p., [38] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. [193]-228. Summary: 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. Biography: By Richard J. Wolfe. Subject: Marbled papers. Marbling (Bookbinding) Bookbinding. Crafts & Hobbies / Bookbinding. Marbled papers ; Marbling (Bookbinding) ; Bookbinding. Paper crafts. Series: A Publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography.

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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.

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By Richard J. Wolfe

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• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0812281888
• ISBN 13: 9780812281880
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260