THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY RICHARD J. WOLFE.
- North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1976.
- 8vo.
- quarter blue leather over marbled paper-covered boards
- 71 pages.
Price: $400.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 134718
First edition, one of about 250 numbered copies (Taylor A18). A reprint of this manual on marbling which first appeared in 1854. Marbling had been practiced as a "secret art" until the 1850s. This little manual supplemented an earlier manual by Charles Woolnough published in 1851. This particular copy displays the exlibris bookplate of George Cunha, noted paper restorer, on the front pastedown. Near fine.
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