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The James McBey collection of watermarked paper : fifty-seven original examples of paper made in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries
- Title
- The James McBey collection of watermarked paper : fifty-seven original examples of paper made in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries / together with a catalogue by Colin Cohen and an introduction by Nicolas Barker.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Houghton Library, 1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Schlosser 849 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 portfolio (59 sheets + 1 catalog) : chiefly samples (1 col.); 51 cm.
- Subjects
- Paper > Collectors and collecting
- Handmade paper > Sample books
- Colored papers > Specimens
- Watermarks > Catalogs
- Watermarks (Paper)
- Handmade paper > Specimens
- McBey, James, 1883-1959 > Art collections > Catalogs
- Paper > Catalogs
- Handmade paper > Catalogs
- Handmade paper > Collectors and collecting
- Paper > Sample books
- Genre/Form
- Watermarks (Paper).
- Note
- Cataloged from t.p. of catalog.
- A standard study set of watermarked papers assembled by Harvard University out of samples in the McBey collection, for distribution to libraries and museums. There are "some sixty sets of up to fifty-seven fully catalogued and, so far as possible, identical sheets ... In addition, two extra sets have been prepared and deposited at Harvard and the British Library, London, containing further sheets: these latter, numbered from 101, have not been fully cataloged. A full list of libraries and museums which acquire sets will appear in the Book collector"--P. [3] of catalog.
- Each of the 59 sample sheets is in an acid-free folder. They are numbered 1-55, 56a-c, 57.
- Sample sheets 23, 34, 48, 54 and 56a consist of 2 half-sheets each.
- "The lowest numbered sets are the most complete ...; some sets are also missing sheets from within the series"--P. [3] of catalog.
- "This set contains sheets 1-57"--Label mounted inside front cover of portfolio.
- Collation of catalog: [47] p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Mounted inside back cover of portfolio.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [5] of catalog.
- Call Number
- Schlosser 849
- LCCN
- 83461287
- OCLC
- 9969862
- NYPG91-B20688
- Title
- The James McBey collection of watermarked paper : fifty-seven original examples of paper made in Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries / together with a catalogue by Colin Cohen and an introduction by Nicolas Barker.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Houghton Library, 1981.
- Bibliography
- Bibliography: p. [5] of catalog.
- Local Subject
- Colored papers -- Specimens.
- Added Author
- Cohen, Colin.Barker, Nicolas.Houghton Library.
- Research Call Number
- Schlosser 849