Specimens: From Rags to Rushes - 12 Handmade Papers and How They Came to Be

by Jim Yarnell

$150 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition; no. 70 of 200 printed. Signed and numbered by author on colophon. 61 pp. 64mo 4.5 cm. x 6 cm. . Moroccan leather on boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine; a fine copy. Photo/NYC. Item #339311 A cleverly designed book that explores the materiality of twelve different papers and utilizes all of them to illustrate their uses.

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