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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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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Schlosser 343	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KP+++ (Mountain) (Hunter, D. Primitive papermaking)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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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.

Subjects

Handmade paper
Papermaking > Mexico
Indians of Mexico > Paper
Papermaking > Oceania
Tapa > Specimens
Decorative paper > Specimens
Papermaking > Indonesia
Handmade paper > England > Maidstone > Specimens
Colored papers > Specimens
Paper, Handmade > Burma > Specimens
Paper, Bark > Specimens

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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