Hunter, Dard. A Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea and China. New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. 4to, half-leather with gilt, paper on boards, 148 numb. pp. with 68 illustrations and 51 samples of paper. Includes separate addendum which indicates that the volume was printed on "Shogun, a Japanese Handmade Paper, with photogravure illustrations printed on Shidzouka Japanese vellum." In slipcase covered with handmade paper, numbered on spine. This copy No. 29 of 370, signed by Dard Hunter and Elmer Adler of Pynson Printers. Traditionally paper was used for many everyday items in Japan for which wood, glass, even metal and rubber were the primary materials in the West. Japanese used paper for windows, lanterns, partition screens, umbrellas, rain-cloaks, bags, tarpaulins, and much more. The climate may be even more extreme than that of North America or Europe, at the same latitude, partly the effect of the Mongolian plateau. Yet the people learned to make papers that would withstand the elements for many years. They also had the advantage of several plants not available most other places, which Hunter points out on numerous occasions. Provenance: The John Baxter Black Estate, Mansfield, OH Condition: Excellent.
Hunter, Dard. A Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea and China. New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. 4to, half-leather with gilt, paper on boards, 148 numb. pp. with 68 illustrations and 51 samples of paper. Includes separate addendum which indicates that the volume was printed on "Shogun, a Japanese Handmade Paper, with photogravure illustrations printed on Shidzouka Japanese vellum." In slipcase covered with handmade paper, numbered on spine. This copy No. 29 of 370, signed by Dard Hunter and Elmer Adler of Pynson Printers. Traditionally paper was used for many everyday items in Japan for which wood, glass, even metal and rubber were the primary materials in the West. Japanese used paper for windows, lanterns, partition screens, umbrellas, rain-cloaks, bags, tarpaulins, and much more. The climate may be even more extreme than that of North America or Europe, at the same latitude, partly the effect of the Mongolian plateau. Yet the people learned to make papers that would withstand the elements for many years. They also had the advantage of several plants not available most other places, which Hunter points out on numerous occasions. Provenance: The John Baxter Black Estate, Mansfield, OH Condition: Excellent.
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