Mr. Gladstone's Washi, A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan, The Parkes Report of 1871.
by Hans Schmoller
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- Condition
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About This Item
3 fold-out illustrations and a separate suite of color prints in a portfolio, all enclosed in a slipcase. Quarter morocco with sides based on a fine decorated paper in the Parkes Collection. Schmoller has accompanied the history with reprints of both the Parkes report and Kaempfer's description of Japanese papermaking, the first such report. Also reproduced are 20 full size color reproductions of Japanese watercolors depicting papermaking. Each copy of this book also has an extra suite of these plates in a separate portfolio. Bound by Gray Parrot. Number 421 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Fine condition.Thirty Years of Bird & Bull #A38.
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- Bookseller
- Four Rivers Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21940
- Title
- Mr. Gladstone's Washi, A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan, The Parkes Report of 1871.
- Author
- Hans Schmoller
- Format/Binding
- Quarter morocco with sides based on a fine decorated paper in the Parkes Collection.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bird & Bull Press
- Place of Publication
- Newtown
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- x,134
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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