[SPECIAL PRESS] JAPONICA. THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF JAPANESE PAPER. [WITH PROESPECTUS]

Henry Morris

Verlag: Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, Pa, 1981

Beschreibung

Large 8vo.; quarter-bound in black oasis leather and tips, with Japanese block-printed Kyo Katazomegani paper-covered boards; edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies signed by Henry Morris, of which this is #158; the spine lightly faded, with a green morocco label pasted down; 87 pages with drawing and colophon at the rear; 42-[63] kimono pattern swatches; 66-86 are Japanese Screen Papers; with a 12 page facsimile reprint of "The Manufacture of Japanese Paper by Henry S. Munro, New York: Reprinted from American Chemise, 1876".~~Bird & Bull had acquired from Dard Hunter a collection of old sample books with hundreds of swatches of Japanese papers and put them to good use in this production. (Heaney, Thirty Years of Bird & Bull, A32). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 297314

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [SPECIAL PRESS] JAPONICA. THE STUDY AND ...

Verlag: Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, Pa

Erscheinungsdatum: 1981

Auflage: Limited Edition.