Three early French essays on paper marbling, 1642-1765 /
Wolfe, Richard J.
Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press,
1987.
Title on spine label: Three essays on marbling.
"Translations by Richard J. Wolfe"--P. [5].
Essay no. 1 from an unpublished manuscript, Lyon, ca. 1642; no. 2 originally published in the Journal oeconomique, 1758; no. 3 originally published in the Diderot-D'Alembert Encyclopédie, 1765.
"310 copies of this book have been printed"--Colophon.
Prospectus laid in.
Marbled samples and 2 ill. are mounted.
Quarter-bound in morocco and tips with leather spine label; "snail" pattern marbled paper over boards.
No. 1. For the making of marbled paper, called Turkish paper -- No. 2. The best method of making marbled paper -- No. 3. The marbler of paper.
Marbling (Bookbinding)
Marbled papers.