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Primitive papermaking : an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper

Title
Primitive papermaking : an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper / by Dard Hunter.
Author
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
Publication
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A. : Mountain House Press, 1927.

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Additional Authors
J. Barcham Green, Ltd.
Description
1 portfolio (47, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates) : ill. (some mounted), facsims. (some mounted, some col.), mounted samples (1 col.); 44 cm.
Subject
  • Handmade paper
  • Handmade paper > England > Maidstone > Specimens
  • Papermaking > Oceania
  • Papermaking > Indonesia
  • Papermaking > Mexico
  • Tapa
Note
  • Consists of 32 sheets (29 folded), including 2 blank folded sheets at beginning and 2 at end, not counted in collation, above.
  • The ill. include drawings and photos. by the author; 2 bark specimens; 1 sample of mould-made bark paper from the Shan States and 22 samples of tapa from Mexico and the Pacific islands; and 8 facsims. of tapa from Peru, Panama and the Pacific islands.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [48].
Indexed In (note)
  • Hunter, D. Hunter
Call Number
Schlosser 343
LCCN
27018431
OCLC
  • 494265
  • NYPG89-B59755
Author
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
Title
Primitive papermaking : an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper / by Dard Hunter.
Imprint
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A. : Mountain House Press, 1927.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. [48].
Indexed In:
Hunter, D. Hunter, II, p. 95-98
Local Note
Schlosser Copy: No. 65 of 200 copies printed in black and brown from type designed, cut and cast by the author on cream-colored handmade paper by J. Barcham Green, Ltd.; signed by the author. Cf. "A note regarding the type ... " (p. [7-8]); Hunter, p. 95.
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Local Subject
Indians of Mexico -- Paper.
Tapa -- Specimens.
Colored papers -- Specimens.
Decorative paper -- Specimens.
Paper, Handmade -- Burma -- Specimens.
Paper, Bark.
Paper, Bark -- Specimens.
Added Author
J. Barcham Green, Ltd.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 343
*KP+++ (Mountain) (Hunter, D. Primitive papermaking)
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