Description: One volume 22.8 x 25.4 cm, in contemporary gilt-ruled brown half morocco over green buckram boards, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, printed in sanguine; pp. [6] [1-3] 4-234 [4], 36 blank leaves ruled red, 12 blank leaves; total 170 leaves; 35 mounted marbled paper samples on 10 sheets.
Title-page: THE PROGRESS | OF THE MARBLING ART | FROM | TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES | BY JOSEF HALFER | WITH A SUPPLEMENT ON THE | DECORATION OF BOOK EDGES | Translated by Herman Dieck, Philadelphia {gothic} | BUFFALO, N. Y. | LOUIS H. KINDER | 1893 ||
Edition: 1st American edition (and first edition in English) after two editions in Budapest (Austro-Hungary) in 1884 and 1890.
Contributors:
Josef Halfer (Austrian, 1846 – 1916) – author.
Herman Dieck (American, fl. 1883 – 1896) – translator.
Louis H. Kinder (American, 1867 – 1938) – publisher.
Additional Information
| Collection | Books about books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Late 19th century |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | Book about books , Bookbinding , Books , Paper marbling , Translations into English |
| Edition | 1st American edition |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1893 |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
