Main entry:

Wolfe, Richard J., 1928-2017, author.

Title & Author:

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.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1990].
©1990

Description:

xvi, 245 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimiles, illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.

Series:

A Publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-228) and index.
The nature and origin of marbling : marbling in the Far and Near East -- The European cradle period -- Marbling in Germany -- Marbling in France -- The further spread of the craft in Europe -- The initial British experience -- The matured British trade -- Marbling in the New World, I -- Marbling in the New World, II -- The decline of the art in Europe : "pseudo-marbling" and marbling by machine -- The revival and later events -- Technical aspects of the craft, I : marbling process, equipment, and tools -- Technical aspects of the craft, II : chemical and physical bases and basic constituents and ingredients -- Technical aspects of the craft, III : the colors used -- The evolution of marbled patterns.

ISBN:

9780812281880
0812281888

Subject:

Marbled papers.
Marbling (Bookbinding)
Bookbinding.
Book Ornamentation history
Bookbinding history
Paper history
Papier marbré.
Marbrure (Reliure)
marbling.
Marmerpapier.
Boekbinden.

Form/genre:

Printed books United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia 20th century Specimens.

Added entries:

Daniel and Eleanor Albert Collection.
Publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 55123
Call No.: ID Z271 REF; ID:90-B3635
Status: Available