MR. GLADSTONE'S WASHI: A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan.

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Newtown 1984, Bird & Bull. Half leather over boards,20 color plates+20 color plates in folder, 3 foldouts, 27 b.w.plates 95p, "A NEW COPY," UNUSED, in slipcase, as issued. PRISTINE! * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES * * Two volume set in the slipcase, as issued, NEW, UNUSED SET ! . * This work documents the introduction of papermaking to England via Sir Harry Parkes in the 1860's. Prime Minister Gladstone asked for the foreign office to acquire information on Japanese papermaking and under the guidance of Parks on his early visit to Japan he gathered a large & varied collection of handmade Japanese papers. . * In the spring of 1871 the collection was shipped to England. A century later, this wonderful collection was unearthed in London by Schmoller. This work also contains an account of the Parkes Report. . * Deshima was the place of residence for Engelbert Kaempfer, a German doctor connected to the Dutch East India Company as the station doctor. See us for the original 1727 edition of this classic: HISTORY OF JAPAN. Kaempfer also described the process of Japanese papermaking and collected papers and wrote about a lot about the subject in his celebrated classic. . * Parkes entire text is given in facsimile with 20 full-size color reproductions of Japanese paper making. Also thirty woodcuts illustrations from the famous Kamisuki Chohoki. With an extra suite of the color plates in a portfolio. Beautifully printed and bound. . *** NOTE: We have a substantial list of papermaking, Japanese Washi [hand-made] papermaking sample & reference books. You can download this and any other catalog from our website. . Please check our on-line inventory for other works by Sir Harry Parkes, Kaempfer and related. . ***.

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MR. GLADSTONE'S WASHI: A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan.