Research Catalog

Title

Exploring Japanese books and scrolls / Colin Franklin.

Author

Franklin, Colin

Publication

• San Francisco : Book Club of California, 1999.
• ©1999

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Details

Additional Authors

• Clark, Jonathan, 1952-
• Stone, Sumner, 1946-
• Twombly, Carol, 1959-
• Artichoke Press, printer.
• Book Club of California, publisher.
• Shoreline Printing and Graphics, lithographer.
• Roswell Bookbinding, binder.

Description

xi, 156 pages : color illustrations; 37 cm.

Series Statement

Publication ; no. 211

Uniform Title

Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 211.

Subject

• Books > Japan
• Illustration of books > Japan
• Printing > Japan > History
• Painting, Japanese
• Scrolls, Japanese
• Books
• Illustration of books
• Printing
• Japan

Genre/Form

• History.
• Private press books (Publishing) – California – San Francisco – 1999.

Note

• "This book was designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press in Mountain View, California. The text is set in Scripps College Old Style, originally designed by Frederic W. Goudy between 1939 and 1947; this digital version was produced by Sumner Stone and is used by courtesy of Scripps College. The display face is Charlemagne, an Adobe type designed by Carol Twombly, who also drew the special version used on the title page. Decorations throughout the book are taken from traditional Japanese patterns. Scanning and lithography by Shoreline Printing, Mountain View. Bindings and slipcases made by Roswell Bookbinding, Phoenix. Four hundred and fifty copies were printed for members of The Book Club of California, San Francisco: May-October" -- colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Binding (note)

• Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with color illustrations on paper over boards; decorated endpapers; issued with a slipcase.

Contents

Introduction: the million charms -- Early printing -- Manuscript examples -- Painted books I -- Painted books II -- Illustrated books I -- Illustrated books II -- Illustrated books III -- Some phrase-books from old Japan -- Meisho-zue -- Postscript on maps -- Index.

Call Number

Rare Books+ 21-520

OCLC

43642783

Author

Franklin, Colin, author.

Title

Exploring Japanese books and scrolls / Colin Franklin.

Publisher

San Francisco : Book Club of California, 1999.

Copyright Date

©1999

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Publication ; no. 211

Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 211.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Binding

Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with color illustrations on paper over boards; decorated endpapers; issued with a slipcase. NN

Place of Publication

United States California San Francisco

Added Author

Clark, Jonathan, 1952- book designer.

Stone, Sumner, 1946- type designer.

Twombly, Carol, 1959- type designer.

Artichoke Press, printer.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Shoreline Printing and Graphics, lithographer.

Roswell Bookbinding, binder.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+ 21-520