Chinese Decorated Papers: Chinoiserie for Three by Schmoller, Hans - 1987

Newtown PA: Bird & Bull Press , 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Quarter morocco and tips with blue morocco spine label gilt and paper-covered boards gilt, landscape small 4to., 77. (1) pages and (24) unpaginated leaves of specimens of Chinese decorated tea chest papers. One of 325 numbered copies printed from Van Dijck types on mouldmade Hahnemuhle paper. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal. Prospectus loosely inserted, Very light fading to edges of boards, else a fine copy.

24 paper samples & illus. in the text. Oblong 8vo, orig. morocco-backed decorated boards, spine gilt with a contrasting morocco lettering piece. Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Limited to 325 numbered copies, printed on mouldmade Hahnemühle paper. Prospectus laid-in. Fine copy.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. The authors, having found an old cache of Chinese metal clad paper which had been stored away for some fifty years, proceeded to write this unique monograph on the subject, tipping in samples from their find to illustrate the book. The papers, many woodblock printed by hand in lively Chinese motifs, were originally produced as lining material for chests of tea shipped to the West. Includes the correspondence between the authors which documents the find and later lead to the writing of the book, and many interesting details about the original application of the paper, its market price in the early part of the 20th century, as well as the authors' efforts to preserve the collection. A limited numbered edition of 325 copies, printed on heavy mouldmade paper, with fine typography and hand binding. A wonderful addition to any library on the history of paper and its use. 128 pp., 7 b&w plates including one large fold-out illustration, 24 samples of the original… Read More