A Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea and China
Pynson Printers, 1936. 148 p. Quarter black calf leather, with gold paper covered boards printed from 18th Century Korean wood-blocks. It covers, compares & contrasts the three major paper-making cultures of Eastern Asia. Written by the premier authority on handmade papers. This scholarly monograph, addresses papermaking materials, moulds. Documenting his personal pilgrimage to the various papermaking villages, variety of papers, with copious bibliography. * With lucid descriptions of the illustrations with full commentaries and descriptions of the hand made paper samples of which there are 50 tipped-in paper samples, 68 b. w. photos, index, printed on Shogun paper. Binding specially designed by Gerhard Gerlach. Near Fine. Number 182 in a limited edition of 370 copies, signed by Dard Hunter.
