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Mr. Gladstone's Washi: A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan, "The Parkes Report of 1871
de Schmoller, Hans
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. Quarto. x, 49, 24 pp. + (31)ff. One of 500 copies. Contains three foldout plates, nineteen color reproductions of Japanese watercolors, and 30 illustrated facsimile pages of an eighteenth century Japanese papermaking manual. These woodcut facsimiles are printed on handmade Japanese gampi paper and bound-in. Includes a history of the Western discovery of Japanese paper, and the full texts of two nineteenth century accounts of Japanese papermaking, one of them the "Parkes Report." Sir Harry Parkes, Queen Victoria's Minister to Japan, was the first foreigner to be granted a private audience with the Emperor. Bound in decorated paper boards backed in red morocco, with black morocco lettering-piece. Housed in slipcase, together with an extra set of the watercolor facsimiles in a paper portfolio. Slipcase shows light toning to extemities, spine of book and portfolio slightly sunned, else near fine.
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- Bromer Booksellers
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- Título
- Mr. Gladstone's Washi: A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan, "The Parkes Report of 1871
- Autor
- Schmoller, Hans
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Bird & Bull Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Newtown, PA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1984
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Book Arts; Illustrated Books; Fine Printing;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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- Quarto
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
