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EXHIBIT OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, BINDINGS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND BROADSIDES, SELECTED FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN DAVIS BATCHELDER, ESQUIRE
This collection, as developed by Mr. Batchelder, comprises for each of several centuries an influential book or characteristic manuscript, binding, illustration, or broadside. The printed books are mostly first editions or "association" copies.
An exhibition catalogue of 400 entries. Tanned around edges, minor wear and soiling.
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MEDITATIONS AT THE EDGE: PAPER AND SPIRIT.
by Field, Dorothy.
Limited to 100 numbered copies. A ground breaking look at the way paper has been used throughout history as a means to connect the spiritual and physical worlds. The author has traveled extensively in Asia, collecting the information and ideas which she has worked into the text. The binding resembles the traditional oriental binding, with the pages folded and stab sewn, and the Thomas' have devised a new way of attaching the cloth covered boards (red for good luck) to the text block so that they open completely flat. The pages are exposed on the spine, with the corners wrapped in gold paper. A raised panel on the front cover is decorated with a Bhutanese paper, embellished with small gold squares, which also are used throughout the text. The book is printed letterpress in red and black from handset type on handmade paper, of hemp fibers for the text, and kozo fiber for the illustrations. These are reproduced from pencil sketches by the artist, and printed so the image also appears in reverse on the back of the paper. A unique and beautiful work of art.
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