The Progress of the Marbling Art from Technical Scientific Principles with a Supplement on the Decoration of Book Edges
The Progress of the Marbling Art from Technical Scientific Principles with a Supplement on the Decoration of Book Edges

Author: Josef Halfer

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Published: 2018-08-05

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781732659506

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This newly-designed volume of Josef Halfer's classic 1893 book, "The Progress of the Marbling Art from Technical Scientific Principles," has been printed in color. The publisher has added a preface to include a brief timeline of Josef Halfer's publications and has annotated the book with footnotes throughout to clarify archaic language, place names, and other obscure details. This edition has been lightly edited by the publisher to improve readability.

Marbled Paper
Marbled Paper

Author: Richard J. Wolfe

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780812281880

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For 250 years after its introduction to Europe around 1600, the method of decorating paper known as marbling reigned supreme as the chief means of embellishing the fine work of hand-bookbinders. Richard J. Wolfe reconstructs the rise and fall of the craft and offers the most comprehensive account available of its history, techniques, and patterns. A publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography Series