Josef Halfer and the revival of the art of marbling paper
Subtitle: with translations of his "little texts" or "small publications" through which he brought about its renaissance
By: texts translated, introduced and illustrated by Richard J. Wolfe ; edited by Sydney E. Berger..
Contributors: Wolfe, Richard J., translator ; writer of introduction ; illustrator; Berger, Sidney E., editor
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New Castle, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781584563778
Subjects: Marbling (Bookbinding); Marbled papers
Work titles: Essays
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Historical introduction; title: Texts; title: For the marbler; title: Caragheen moss or gum tragacanth; title: New technical advances in the marbling art; title: The genuine marbling colors, their management and care; title: The universal size; title: The reconstruction of the universal size; title: The conservation of caragheen size for a long durability; title: The universal size: two new discoveries; title: The best of the three discovered preservative materials.