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On improvements in marbling the edges of books and paper : a nineteenth century marbling account

Title
On improvements in marbling the edges of books and paper : a nineteenth century marbling account / explained and illustrated with fourteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe.
Author
Lenormand, Louis Sébastien, 1757-
Publication
Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1983.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Bird) 90-500Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextPermit needed Schlosser 558Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017.
Description
64 p., [14] leaves of plates : 14 mounted col. samples; 12 x 16 cm.
Alternative Title
Improvements in marbling.
Subjects
Note
  • Translation of the article "Marbreur," signed L., in the Dictonnaire technologique, ou Nouveau dictionnaire universal des arts et métiers, v. 13 (Paris, 1827); L. is identified as Louis Sébastien Lenormand in v. 1, p. vi.
  • Spine title: Improvements in marbling.
  • "Reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1829"--P. [29]. English translation originally published in Gill's technological repository, v. 4, p. 27 ff. (London, 1829).
  • Binding, publisher's, by E.G. Parrot, of quarter blue oasis goat and marbled paper boards (marbled paper by Richard J. Wolfe).
Indexed In (note)
  • Heaney, H.J. Bird & Bull
Call Number
*KP (Bird) 90-500
LCCN
84162812
OCLC
  • 11841947
  • NYPG83-B73138
Author
Lenormand, Louis Sébastien, 1757-
Title
On improvements in marbling the edges of books and paper : a nineteenth century marbling account / explained and illustrated with fourteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe.
Imprint
Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1983.
Indexed In:
Heaney, H.J. Bird & Bull, A37
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Local Subject
Marbled papers -- Specimens.
Added Author
Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017.
Added Title
Improvements in marbling.
Research Call Number
*KP (Bird) 90-500 Library has: No. 215 of 350 copies printed.
Schlosser 558 Library has: No. 275 of 350 copies printed.
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