Beschreibung:

Woolnough (Charles W.). The Whole Art of Marbling as applied to paper, book-edges etc., containing a full description of the nature and properties of the materials used, the method of preparing them, and of executing every kind of marbling in use at the present time, with numerous illustrations and examples, 3rd edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1881, half-title, 54 original samples on 39 leaves (including 5 leaves with 20 small mounted samples and 34 leaves of full-page samples), without the facsimile letter from Faraday (appears never to have been present in this volume), original green cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1) Easton (Phoebe), Marbling a history and a bibliography, Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1983, p.48. "The publication of Charles Woolnough's The Art of Marbling in 1853 was a major landmark because it is the first true textbook of marbling. It guides students carefully through all the steps, and provides large samples of the patterns described. A second edition was required the following year, and a third followed in 1881. Woolnough's great contribution was to open up the technique of marbling, remove the mystery, and make it readily available to any who desired it. His work was the standard until the publication of Joseph Halfer's 1889 text. Woolnough's book, and his subsequent writings, are not only important for the technical details they provide; they also give us a window on the sociological and economic aspects of the industry in England" - Easton. The 5 leaves showing twenty mounted samples, and 34 sample leaves of marbled paper were all executed expressly for the work under the immediate superintendence of the author, and most of them by his own hand.