A MONOGRAPH RELATING TO von HUNTER (1 Ergebnisse)

[Chillicoth] 1937, Mountain House Press. Morocco spine over pictorial paper boards, 79p., bibliography, 50 paper samples many folding, 8 collotype plates+2 others, very clean solid, vellum corners. *AUTHOR SIGNED, LIMITED 125 NUMBERED COPIES* *** *** *** . . A MOST SUPERB MONOGRAPH ON CHINESE TEMPLE PAPERS . . CONTAINS 50 AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL PAPER SAMPLES . . MANY HANDMADE PAPERS & HAND-PAINTED COLOR GOUACHE . . WITH RARE GOLD & SILVER-FOIL CEREMONIAL BURNING EXAMPLES . . . ISSUED IN A FIRST AND ONLY LIMITED . . . AUTHOR'S SIGNED EDITION OF 125 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES . . . This book was printed, published, hand-numbered & signed by Dard Hunter [1883-1966]. .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 125 COPIES . * Issued in a small folio, 21.5 x 29.5 cm., the specimens of hand made paper include several large-folding sheets of hand-made paper and tin foil. Also some hand-painted gouache "Kitchen Gods" in large folded format tipped in. . This is the most remarkable and desirable of all of Dard Hunter's books on Asian hand-made papers. . This is comprehensive account of Chinese papermaking practice from bamboo, pulp and old rags. . This unique monograph covers the use of paper in Chinese sacrificial offerings, and the illustrations show the process and technique of making and decorating of ceremonial papers used in religious rites. . *** ILLUSTRATIONS: Illustrated with 49 hand-made examples of ancient spirit and related papers dating from the 17th century [method of counting varies from 49-50 this copy is complete], with 6 folding plates, 2 specimens of old papers, 9 photogravures, 2 collotypes, and 7 other illustrations. . * THE SPECIMENS PER HUNTER: : "The specimens were collected during journeys in China, Indo-China, Java, Sumatra, Siam, Malaya Peninsula and other Asiatic countries where the Chinese have emigrated and where their ancient customs have been retained." [See p.80] . *** BINDING: This work is nicely hand-bound by Peter Franck. Bound in half-red morocco leather spine, over gold-decorated dragon designed paper covered boards, with vellum corner tips. . *** CONDITION: The work is clean and very solid, there are no major issues. As usual, there is a touch of the typical occasional offsetting from the specimens and some oxidation to a couple of the foil specimens. A very tiny bit of lower edge shelf rubbing, else an excellent example . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: Dard Hunter: MY LIFE WITH PAPER . --. PAPERMAKING . --. A PAPERMAKING PILGRIMAGE TO JAPAN, KOREA AND CHINA. * Joesf Hejzlar: EARLY CHINESE GRAPHICS * [Yuen shih Pan]: SPECIAL EXHIBITION COLLECTORS' SHOW OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE WOODCUT PRINTS. * CHINESE POPULAR PRINTS: Leningrad 1988 * Shucun Wang: PAPER JOSS: Eeity Worship Through Folk Prints. * Clarance Day: CHINESE PEASANT CULTS: Being a Study of Chinese Paper Gods. * Schlosser 38 * Dard Hunter II pp. 107-8. * [HUANG, Tsai-lang]. ed. et al.: COLLECTOR'S SHOW OF TRADITIONAL SOOCHOW WOODBLOCK PRINTS IN TAIWAN, R.O.C. * CARTER, Thomas F.: THE INVENTION OF PRINTING IN CHINA AND ITS SPREAD WESTWARD. [Also covers the invention of paper] * ETGEN, Bill.: HELL BANK NOTES. BOOK 1. * HAKS, Leo. CELESTIAL ART: PAPER OFFERINGS AND TEXTILES FROM CHINA. * LAUFER, Berthold. PAPERR AND PRINTING IN ANCIENT CHINA. * NARITA, Kiyofusa.: A LIFE OF TS'AI LUNG AND JAPANESE PAPER-MAKING. * TSIEN, Tsuen-Hsuin.: WRITTEN ON BAMBOO AND SILK: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions. * WANG, Shucun.: PAPER JOSS: Deity Worship Through Folk Prints. . --. ANCIENT CHINESE WOODBLOCK NEW YEAR PRINTS. * ***.