The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges

Author Josef Halfer
Translator Herman Dieck
Publisher L.H. Kinder

On View Gallery Watson Library

[2nd ed.]



Translation of: Die Fortschritte der Marmorierkunst.



Title of appendix: Colored and decorated edges according to the newest discoveries by eminent specialists.



Includes [2] p. of advertisements for The American Bookbinder, Buffalo, N.Y. at end.

The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges, Josef Halfer

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The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges, Josef Halfer
The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges, Josef Halfer

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