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10 1/2 x 15. 52 pages including 8 multi-colored linocuts and 4 full page pochoir illustrations; with two smaller pochoirs. Quarter cloth & cloth fore edges, the sides covered in a red & black linocut. Fine in slipcase, with colorful prospectus.
8 1/4 x 11 1/4. 3 leaves, photogravure of an elaborate furnace for burning sacred paper, 79, (3) pages (some folding). There are 49 original specimens of Chinese ceremonial paper dating from the 17th c., plus text photogravure and collotype illustrations, and prints in color from old Chinese wood blocks. Bound by Peter Franck (stamp-signed on leather turn-in) in quarter citron morocco, vellum tips, sides printed in a gold and red dragon design from an old woodblock; in paper slipcase that is faded and has some wear. Some of the specimens mounted within the text have offset, as usual, but only mildly. Spine is slightly darker, with a few tiny scuffs at spine extremities; all else fine. With the 4-page prospectus and a sheet of Hunter's light-and-shade watermark portrait stationery.



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