A Lively Look at Papermaking.

(Bird and Bull Press.) VALLS I SUBIRA (Oriol)

A Lively Look at Papermaking.

[A Short Essay with Twenty-four accompanying Illustrations that appeared originally in 'The Paper Maker' in 1966.]

Description: ONE OF 300 COPIES printed in black, dark green and dark red on Ingres-Büttenpapier, the prints and their dialogues reproduced in facsimile from the originals, pp.[44], crown 8vo, original pale buff and dark green patterned boards reproducing an eighteenth century French woodblock paper, printed label to backstrip, edges untrimmed, fine

Publication Details: North Hills, Pennsylvania: The Bird & Bull Press, 1980

Notes: '....The prints which are the subject of this essay are very choice bits of papermaking ephemera....often the rarest of all paperiana, because like the better-known ream wrappers, these items were usually considered to have little value or importance and were generally discarded. As will be seen, these prints were enclosed in booklets of cigarette paper in an effort to induce "chain buying".... (Foreword) '....The complete collection of twenty-four prints roughly illustrate the art of papermaking as practiced in late 18th century Spain.... I can't promise that you will give up cigarettes if y...more'....The prints which are the subject of this essay are very choice bits of papermaking ephemera....often the rarest of all paperiana, because like the better-known ream wrappers, these items were usually considered to have little value or importance and were generally discarded. As will be seen, these prints were enclosed in booklets of cigarette paper in an effort to induce "chain buying".... (Foreword) '....The complete collection of twenty-four prints roughly illustrate the art of papermaking as practiced in late 18th century Spain.... I can't promise that you will give up cigarettes if you read this essay, but if you're interested in papermaking, I think you will enjoy this charming piece of ephemera. (Henry Morris's note to A24) HIDE

Bibliography: (Heaney A24)

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Price: £60

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1980

Stock Number: 69726

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