190 - (Paper) – 4 volumes.
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(Paper) – 4 volumes. - HUNTER (Dard). *The Literature of Papermaking 1390–1800*. Chillicothe (United States of America), 1925 (Reprint, 2001). Folio, [2 ff], 48 pp, publisher’s cloth binding. The author has catalogued, described and commented on (and reproduced a few title pages and illustrations from) important manuscripts and books dealing with paper, its history and its techniques. - COTTIER (Élie). The History of an Ancient Craft. Auvergne paper is made by hand, just as it was in the Middle Ages. Clermont-Ferrand, Éditions Mont-Louis, (circa 1937). In-8, 100 pp, [1 f], paperback. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text. Printed, as it should be, on Auvergne paper. - Paper. Issue 27/28 of the journal *Traverses*. Paris, Centre Pompidou, 1983. In-4, 222 pp, paperback, illustrated cover. Numerous illustrations. - BLUM (André). The Origins of Paper, Printing and Engraving. Paris, Éditions de la Tournelle, 1935. In-8, 252 pp, paperback. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations. - Papermaking: Art and Craft. Washington, Library of Congress, 1968. Italian-style In-8, 96 pp, paperback, title in embossed lettering on the cover. Illustrated with numerous reproductions, facsimiles, photographs, etc. The spread of papermaking, The techniques of papermaking, Papermaking in the past century.

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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)

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190 - (Paper) – 4 volumes. See original version (French)

190 - (Paper) – 4 volumes.
See original version (French)