Hardcover volume, 311 x 235 mm, bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, olive endpapers, pictorial dust jacket with text to flaps, pp.: [i-xi] xii-xvi, [1] 2-245 [246 blank], plus 19 leaves of plates and 4 leaves of captions, extraneous to collation (169 leaves total).
Title-page: MARBLED | PAPER | ITS HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, | AND PATTERNS | With Special Reference to the Relationship of | Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and | the Western World | RICHARD J. WOLFE {publisher’s device} | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS | Philadelphia ||
Imprint: Copyright © 1990 by the University of Pennsylvania Press | All rights reserved | Printed in Japan | Second printing 1991 ||
Frontispiece: A Publication of the | A. S. W. ROSENBACH FELLOWSHIP | IN BIBLIOGRAPHY ||
Wolfe, Richard J. (American, 1928 – 2017)
Additional Information
| Collection | Books about books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Book about books , Bookbinding , Books , Paper marbling |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1991 |
| Binding | Cloth , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Edition | 1st edition, 2nd issue |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |
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