THE HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN. A Complete Set of Five Parts: 1. HANDMADE PAPERS O

TINDALE, Thomas K. et al. [Author's Personal Embossed Copy]

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Rutland 1952, Tuttle. Red cloth Chitsu case, 28.5 x 35 cm., 5 parts, RARE UNUSED COPY, 326 handmade Washi paper samples, illustrated. *AUTHOR'S PERSONAL BLIND-STAMPED EMBOSSED COPY* * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES * * *** *** *** . . SPECIAL AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY . . . WITH HIS BLIND-STAMPED EMBOSSED LOGO . . . ON THE FIRST FLY LEAF OF EACH VOLUME . . . *** . . THE MOST IMPORTANT JAPANESE WASHI SAMPLE BOOK . . OF THE MID-20TH CENTURY . . THE ONLY BOOK WITH AUTHENTIC SAMPLES FROM 740 A.D. . . DOWN TO 1923 . . . RARE FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES . *** . . * A SPECIAL AUTHOR'S EMBOSSED BLIND-STAMPED PERSONAL COPY: This copy has the author's personal embossed & blind-stamped logo on the first fly leaf of all 4 volumes. This is the exact logo found printed in red on each title page. . *** A SUPERB AND STUNNING RESOURCE: A most stunning and valuable Washi [handmade paper] sample book. This famous work was made just after World War II, while Thomas Tindale was a consultant to the Japanese government. . THE SEKI COLLECTION OF ANCIENT PAPER SAMPLES: The work contains the oldest authenticated samples of early Washi paper ever collected and placed into book form. The first sample is a Komashi made in 740 CE. Equal to Tempyo 12th year, during the reign of Emperor Shomu Tenno [729-749 CE]. Other samples continue from 12th century down to 1923. . Tindale gathered the greats of Washi makers, and urged them to participate in the compilation of the most definitive and comprehensive book ever created documenting Japan's celebrated paper makers, paper making villages with samples from all-known paper makers. A dying art, handmade paper makers have decreased dramatically since publication of this great book. So many of the makers have already passed away, and were not followed by any disciple, their techniques lost for ever. . *** By and large, the most impressive work on Japanese Washi paper done in the mid-20th century. This marvelous reference is a veritable museum of hand-made paper and a distinguished history of this unique craft. . *** . . Foreword by Dard Hunter . The forward was contributed by Dard Hunter, the world's foremost expert and authority on handmade papers. . "This is the most ambitious and complete post-World War II work on Japanese papers including hundreds of fine samples beginning with the earliest a Komashi from 740 A.D., down to the latest done in 1923. It traces the history of paper making throughout Japan, it lists the various paper making villages, their handmade paper makers, methods, materials used and applications and techniques." . *** A NEW, UNUSED MINT COPY: This is a "NEW," copy in the original packing box, complete, with the original red cloth Chitsu folding case, two ivory clasps, in four uniformly bound volumes as issued. . The 4 volumes are nicely bound in hand-made, pictorial decorated papers showing paper-making villages, and aspects of paper Washi making, paper plants & the like. Three volumes are stitched spines, the fourth volume on watermarks are in a folding Chitsu box. . The three stitch-bound volumes in matching woodcut decorated covers, have hand-stenciled color end papers by Yanagi Soetsu. Vol.1. THE HAND MADE PAPERS OF JAPAN Vol.2. THE SEKI COLLECTION Vol.3. THE CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION . Vol.4. THE WATERMARK COLLECTION This volume is contained in a folding Chitsu or clamshell like box, covered matching woodcut decorated covers as above, with two ivory clasps. . 5. PAPER-MAKING-PLANT FIBERS IN A SEPARATE ENVELOPE: : THE FIBERS: An envelope with five fiber samples are held in an envelope with English names and actual fiber samples. . *** THE CONTENTS: . Volume I: THE HANDMADE PAPERS OF JAPAN: Introduction by Dard Hunter, bibliographical guide by Bunsho Jugaku, Japan's foremost expert and author on Japanese Washi [hand-made papers]. . Complete history and description of paper-making in Japan, supplemented with botanical drawings and a series of 32 full-page photographs b. Seller Inventory # 36063301

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