N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. watermarked paper in folder. unpaginated. Watermarked paper designed by Erni, in folder. Hans Erni (1909-2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, and sculptor. He is noted for designing postage stamps, illustrating books, and designing posters. READ MORE about Specimen of watermarked paper
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 134610
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. 8.5 x 11 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 397 pages. First Edition. To research and photograph the practically invisible requires a unique technology and a curious intellect. A half century ago Thomas Gravell began a life-long study by collecting examples of early American watermarks. In 1979, he and George Miller published an interim edition which illustrated over 700 examples together with some thumbnail histories of the paper mills that..... READ MORE about AMERICAN WATERMARKS 1690-1835
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 64718
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Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1964. thick tall 4to. cloth. xxiii, 203, (3) pages and 178 full-page plates. X. First edition, limited to 550 numbered copies. Printed in English and German and with 787 watermarks illustrated. With an historical account of the papermills of Berne and the papermills at Laufen and Bassecourt. Volume X published by the Paper Publication Society. READ MORE about PAPER-MILLS OF BERNE AND THEIR WATERMARKS, 1465-1859 (WITH THE GERMAN ORIGINAL
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 70704
Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1982. 4to. cloth. xvii, 83 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Covers the development of the paper mould, the handling of the mould, the mouldmaker, the deckle, the wire profile, variants of the European mould and deckle and with sections on studying paper and watermarks. With various appendices. Illustrated. READ MORE about PAPER MOULD AND MOULDMAKER
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 70709
(Torino (Turin), Italy): n.p., (1863). 8vo. modern plain paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 241-357, (35) pages. Besterman 5151. Preface. An excerpt from Tomo IV of Miscellanea di Storia Italiana. Detailed bibliographic entries on works published in Turin in the 15th century. With eight illustrations of printers' watermarks, with descriptive text. Unopened. Very light foxing near end of text. READ MORE about ANNALI TIPOGRAFICI DEL SECOLO XV
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 127410
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Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1973. 4to. cloth. xxxvi, 135 pages followed by reproductions of 2847 watermarks. XII. First edition, limited to 500 copies. XIII in the Series issued by the Society. Edited and translated by J.S.G. Simmons and B.J. van Ginneken-van de Kasteele. Indices of the watermarks and facts on their producers when known coupled with 367 plates showing 2847 specimens make this a valuable tool in the dating of manuscripts. READ MORE about ANCHOR WATERMARKS
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 70706
(Budapest): OSzK, 1957. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 20 pages. Text in Hungarian with summary in French. No. 39 in the Az Orszagos Széchényi Könyvtár Kiadványai series. A study of papermaking and watermarks produced and used at the Sarvar-Ujszigeti printing works, active from 1536 to 1541 and the only press printing Hungarian works at that time. Includes footnotes. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about A SÁRVÁR-ÚJSZIGETI NYOMDA PAPIROSAI
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 108210
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 310 DELAWARE ST288 pages. Illustrated. First edition. This scholarly work examines the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. This book is a collection of scholarly essays that were presented at the Roanoke International Conference on Watermarks in 1996. Co-published with The British Library. READ MORE about PUZZLES IN PAPER: CONCEPTS IN HISTORICAL WATERMARKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 60421
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 288 pages. Illustrated. First edition. This scholarly work examines the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. This book is a collection of scholarly essays that were presented at the Roanoke International Conference on Watermarks in 1996. READ MORE about PUZZLES IN PAPER: CONCEPTS IN HISTORICAL WATERMARKS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 114964
Bern, Switzerland: Gallerie Kornfeld, 1979. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages, plates. Text in German. Table of contents, biographical sketch of Rembrandt's life. Essays about Rembrandt's life, the paper he used, his watermarks, and other subjects, with black and white illustrations. Frontispiece; 140 black and white plates. READ MORE about 140 RADIERUNGEN VON REMBRANDT DER JAHRE 1629 BIS 1665
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 125703
Zurich: Graphis, 1952. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Offprint of an article that had appeared in Graphis, Heft 39. Text in English, French and German. Illustrated. Faded along top of cover. READ MORE about KUNST IM WASSERZEICHEN. (ART OF THE WATERMARK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107459
Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1959. 4to. quarter leatherette, patterned paper. 66 pages followed by reproductions of 800 watermarks. First edition in English, limited to 600 copies. An extra publication of the Society. READ MORE about ANIMALS IN WATERMARKS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 70703
With Additional Materials by S.A. Klepikov. Edited, Translated, and Adapted for Publication in English by J.S.G. Simmons.
Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1965. 4to. cloth. xv, 62 pages followed by the facsimile of 22 pages and 131 plates containing 1824 reproductions of watermarks. With Additional Materials by S.A. Klepikov. Edited, Translated, and Adapted for Publication in English by J.S.G. Simmons. First edition thus, limited to 500 copies. Volume XI in the publications of the Society. READ MORE about TROMONIN'S WATERMARK ALBUM, A FACSIMILE OF THE MOSCOW 1844 EDITION
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 70705
Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1959. 4to. pseudo-parchment-backed decorated paper-covered limp boards. 46 pages followed by plates of watermarks. First edition, limited to 600 copies. Publication of the work of Captain T. Lassen with additional notes by Voorn. READ MORE about PAPER MILLS OF DENMARK & NORWAY AND THEIR WATERMARKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 70708
