(BOOK ARTS PAPER) Bidwell John; editor Early American Paper

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(BOOK ARTS / PAPER.) Bidwell, John; editor. Early American Papermaking: Two Treatises on Manufacturing Techniques Reprinted from James Cutbush's American Artist's Manual. Printed in black and red. Illustrations and one specimen of Gilpin paper from The Atlantic Souvenir for 1829 tipped in; 3 larger leaf specimens of original Gilpin and Robeson handmade paper laid into portfolio case. 8vo, 1/4 deep orange morocco over illustrated boards, gilt-lettered leather spine label; book and specimen sheets laid into publisher's red cloth slipcase. New Castle: Oak Knoll, 1990

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copy d/4 of only 10 lettered copies containing the paper specimens from a total edition of 180. "The sheets of Gilpin handmade paper display perfectly what the instructions of Cutbush's Manual were expected to achieve, while the tipped-in leaf of Gilpin machine-made paper in the text reveals the advantages of new technology that in time would render those instructions obsolete. Not often can one compare two succeeding technologies so vividly and consistently"--Introduction.