Chinese Ceremonial Paper. A Monograph Relating to the Fabrication of Paper and Tin Foil and the Use of Paper in Chinese Rites and Religious Ceremonies
Hunter, Dard
Verlag: The Mountain House Press, [Chillicothe, OH], 1937
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Hardcover. Number 122 of 125 copies signed and numbered by the author. Dard Hunter (1883-1966) is considered by many to be the father of hand papermaking in the United States. Hunter traveled extensively around the world, learning about papermaking and collecting artifacts related to the topic. He wrote several books on hand papermaking traditions, and also studied other paper-like materials such as papyrus and amatl. From the colophon: "The book was printed at the Mountain House Press on paper made by hand in the Orient. The specimens included with each book were gathered by the compiler during journeys in China, as well as in Indochina, Java, Sumatra, Siam, Malay Peninsula, and other Asiatic countries where the Chinese have emigrated and where their ancient customs have been retained. Due to the hand methods used in the making of this volume and to the limited number of original specimens available, only 125 copies have been printed." With 16 illustrations and 50 samples of ceremonial paper and items made from paper, including trays for sacrificial burning, ceremonial paper money, envelopes, etc. There are eight photogravures of the papermaking process and two folding illustrations, plus two folding pages that protect larger sheets of paper. This is one of Hunter's more elaborate publications. It is also noteworthy that most of the focus is on the uses of paper in ritual, the cultural meanings of paper, if you will, not simply the mechanics of papermaking, as some of his other books are [From a contemporary review]. Bound in quarter black leather with russet colored cloth covers with an elegant design in gold. Gilt titling to spine. Very light wear to covers. Interior pages are beautiful, and the specimens and samples are in fine condition save for a few pieces with some offsetting, which is usually seen in copies of this book. Housed in a brown paper covered slipcase with some fading and wear. A very desirable copy of one of Dard Hunter's most important works in about fine condition. Quarto. 84 pages plus the unnumbered pages with specimens. PRI/083123. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 36755
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Titel: Chinese Ceremonial Paper. A Monograph ...
Verlag: The Mountain House Press, [Chillicothe, OH]
Erscheinungsdatum: 1937
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
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Chinese Ceremonial Paper: A Monograph Relating to the Fabrication of Paper and Tin Foil and the Use of Paper in Chinese Rites and Religious Ceremonies
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 79, [3] pp. (text) plus 9 photogravures (including frontispiece), 2 collotypes, and 50 tipped-in specimens, prints, etc.; 4to, quarter red leather, vellum tips, sides of persimmon juice-dyed Japanese paper with a design printed from an early Chinese woodblock of a five-clawed dragon; gilt spine title, original slipcase. The book, together with its slipcase, are housed in a modern red cloth-covered clamshell box with leather label and gilt title. Text paper is Japanese handmade "Shogun" heavyweight made from the mulberry tree's inner bark. "Chinese Ceremonial Paper" records some of the fruits of Dard Hunter's research on one aspect of paper use during his extended trip to Asia in 1935. The numerous paper specimens (several foldout) include "spirit papers" to be burned at the funeral for use by the deceased in the afterlife. "Much of this 'money' was a coarse bamboo paper, onto which was pasted a small piece of extremely thin tin foil. Further treatments included a coating of seaweed, which turned the silver-color of the foil to gold, and sometimes a woodcut design was overprinted" (Baker, By His Own Labor, p. 141). A complex production in tipping in and binding these often quite fragile specimens. Prospectus laid in. Number 67 of 125 copies; signed by Hunter on the limitation page. A lovely, very well-preserved copy of the book, usual occasional offsetting from some specimens; slipcase has mild fading to some edges and light wear to one; clamshell box is fine. Signed by Author(s). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4939
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Chinese Ceremonial Paper. A Monograph relating to the Fabrication of Paper and Tin Foil and the Use of Paper in Chinese Rites and Religious Ceremonies
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Fifty paper specimens, collotype frontis., eight collotype illus., & two block prints with photos of the blocks that made them. Large 4to, orig. orange-backed decorated boards, spine gilt. Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1937. Limited to 125 numbered copies, signed by the author and printed on paper handmade from the inner bark of the mulberry tree by Hunter while in Asia. The specimens, many of which are folding, are in excellent condition. The paper specimens were collected by Hunter during his journeys in China "as well as in Indo-China, Java, Sumatra, Siam, Malay Peninsula, and other Asiatic countries where the Chinese have emigrated" and include mock-money, both ancient and contemporary; ornamental burning envelopes and trays; and examples of paper gods. Very fine copy in original slipcase. With prospectus. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5087
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