THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING 1642-1765

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106, [1] pages. Copy 264 of a limited edition of 310. Hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper (Heaney A43). The three accounts, all translated by Wolf, are: For the Making of Marbled Paper, Called Turkish Paper, from a 1642 unpublished manuscript from Lyon, containing the earliest known French marbling recipe; The Best Method of Making Marbled Paper, published in the Journal Oeconomique, 1758; and The Marbler of Paper, an essay in the Diderot-d'Alembert Encyclopedie of 1765. The Diderot article is especially interesting as it comments on the practical side of marbling and how much money could be made. Printed on dampened Umbria handmade paper and bound by E. Gray Parrot in quarter green morocco, with leather spine label, and "snail" pattern marbled paper sides made by Wolfe especially for this edition. The 12 tipped in samples were produced by Wolfe using the instructions in the translated manuals. Included is a four-color sequence showing the various steps taken by Wolfe in producing the Placard pattern. (Henry Morris notes the paper for this book cost only $2000 more than his first 3-bedroom house.) With an Introduction and thirteen original marbled specimens by Richard J. Wolfe. Also, one tipped in photograph, showing the making of marbled paper; two tipped in tinted plates; seven pages in facsimile; and four plates, taken from the Encyclopaedie, showing papermaking and its tools. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards, orange morocco spine label. In original Mylar jacket. Richard Wolfe is well known for his long association with marbling, both as historian and practicing marbles. N° de ref. del artículo 009332

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