Beschreibung:

34 : 27,5 cm With 34 photographic plates, papermaking fibers, 6 lithographed plates of papermaking plants , 326 specimen samples Coloured illustrated Japanese stitch bound boards. Volumes 1 - 3 (off 4)

Bemerkung:

First edition, a superb copy of the classic work on Japanese papermaking. Only published in a small edition. ''The handmade Papers of Japan is one of the finest studies on Japanese paper; it is replete with specimens, including old and rare papers'' . Vol. 1 : The Handmade Papers of Japan .62 pages, 35 photographic b/w plates ( including 32 numbered showing ' a papermaking village'), a folding plate with samples showing the process of making shifu, 5 b/w plates of papermaking plants, XXIII pages. With hand-coloured reproduction of ''Kamisuki Taigiai'' (general outline of papermaking, the oldest Japanese illustrated work on papermaking dating from 1784) with English translation. Complete (though without the envelope of fibres). - Vol II: The Seki collection. XI, 127 pages, photographic frontispiece-portrait of Yoshikuni seki, 187 mounted original paper specimens from Mr. Seki's collection, dating from Nara period(710-793) to 1923 (each paper has been carefully authenticated, with complete description, type method of manufacture noted 9, 2 folding'' papermaking maps of Old and New Japan'' , complete. - Vol. III:The contemporary collection. XXVI pages, 139 full-page specimens of modern papers from 18 prefectures, complete. -Missing Vol. IV on watermarks. -Hand-stencilled paper covers and endpaper illustrations made especially for this book by Keisuke Serizawa. - A fine copy of a fascinanting work.