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Old papermaking in China and Japan

Title
Old papermaking in China and Japan / by Dard Hunter.
Author
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
Publication
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A. : Mountain House Press, 1932.

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Additional Authors
  • Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960.
  • Lime Rock (Paper mill)
Description
71 p. : ill. (some col., some mounted), map, 20 mounted samples; 43 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "Part II. A collection of reproductions, gleaned from various antique Oriental and Occidental books, showing the process of making paper in China and Japan in years gone by. Also ... a number of original specimens of old Oriental papers": p. [27]-71.
  • Samples comprise 3 bark specimens (Japanese mulberry, gampi and mitsumata) and 7 sheets of Chinese paper, 8 of Japanese paper and 1 each of Burmese (Shan) and Persian paper (some folded). Papers chiefly made from bamboo (China), mulberry (Japan, China and Burma); China grass (Persia). Includes 9 leaves from printed books in Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan, 4 leaves from mss. in Japanese and 1 leaf from a ms. in Persian.
  • Illustrations: 2 mounted prints : wood engraving, b&w ; image 20 x 13 cm. on sheet 22 x 17 cm. and image 15 x 12 cm. on sheet 18 x 16 cm. By J.J. Lankes. Subject: mitsumata plant, printed on mitsumata bark paper; paper mulberry printed on paper mulberry bark paper made for this book in Shan, Burma. -- 5 photogravures (1 with 4 figs.) after photos. by the author.
  • Several of the remaining illustrations repeated and/or altered from various sources: 8 from Arts et métiers de la Chine (Paris, 1815); 6 from Kunisaki Jihei's Kamisuki chōhōki (Ōsaka, 1698); 5 from Sung Ying-Hsing's Tʼien kung kʼai wu (1698); and one each from Julien's Industries anciennes et modernes de l'empire chinois (Paris, 1869) and Blanchet's Essai sur l'histoire du papier (Paris, 1900).
  • Binding, publisher's, by Peter Franck, of beige half linen and decorative paper boards. One of about 150 copies bound; some copies issued unbound. Issued in slipcase.
Indexed In (note)
  • Renker, A. Buch vom Papier (3. Ausg.)
  • Hunter, D. Hunter
Call Number
Schlosser 333
LCCN
33001557
OCLC
  • 494228
  • NYPG89-B58186
Author
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.
Title
Old papermaking in China and Japan / by Dard Hunter.
Imprint
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A. : Mountain House Press, 1932.
Indexed In:
Renker, A. Buch vom Papier (3. Ausg.), p. 206
Hunter, D. Hunter, II, p. 101-102
Local Note
Schlosser Copy: No. 126 of 200 copies printed in black and scarlet on paper made at the author's paper mill at Lime Rock, Conn. With "Dard Hunter" watermark.
Schlosser Copy: Author's presentation copy, inscribed to Abner Baron, Mar. 9, 1937.
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Local Subject
Paper, Bamboo -- Specimens.
Paper, Bark -- Specimens.
Japanese paper -- Specimens.
Paper, China grass -- Specimens.
Paper, Mulberry -- Specimens.
Paper, Handmade -- Burma -- Shan -- Specimens.
Paper, Handmade -- Connecticut -- Lime Rock -- Specimens.
Added Author
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960.
Lime Rock (Paper mill)
Research Call Number
Schlosser 333
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