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Marbled paper : its history, techniques, and patterns, with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world
- Title
- Marbled paper : its history, techniques, and patterns, with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world / Richard J. Wolfe ; foreword by Sidney Berger.
- Author
- Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017
- Publication
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2018.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Berger, Sidney E.
- Description
- xx, 245 pages, 44 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 31 cm
- Summary
- "A comprehensive examination of the art and craft of marbled paper and is applications, based on more than 25 years of research and practical experience."--
- Subject
- Note
- "This edition is a facsimile with corrections of the first edition published in 1990 by the University of Pennsylvania Press, a publication of the A.S.W. Fellowship in Bibliography."--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-228) and index.
- Contents
- The nature and origin of marbling : marbling in the Far and Near East -- The European cradle period -- Marbling in Germany -- Marbling in France -- The further spread of the craft in Europe -- The initial British experience -- The matured British trade -- Marbling in the New World, I -- Marbling in the New World, II -- The decline of the art in Europe : "pseudo-marbling" and marbling by machine -- The revival and later events -- Technical aspects of the craft, I : marbling process, equipment, and tools -- Technical aspects of the craft, II : chemical and physical bases and basic constituents and ingredients -- Technical aspects of the craft, III : the colors used -- The evolution of marbled patterns.
- Call Number
- JFG 19-49
- ISBN
- 9781584563600
- 1584563605
- LCCN
- 2018022155
- OCLC
- 1048611026
- Author
- Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017, author.
- Title
- Marbled paper : its history, techniques, and patterns, with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world / Richard J. Wolfe ; foreword by Sidney Berger.
- Publisher
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2018.
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-228) and index.
- Added Author
- Berger, Sidney E., writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 19-49