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

Translator Herman Dieck
Publisher L.H. Kinder
1893
Not on view
[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.

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  • Title: 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
  • Date: 1893
  • Geography: Buffalo, New York, United States
  • Dimensions: 240 pages, x leaves of mounted specimens : illustrations ; Height: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
  • Object Number: 217.08 H131

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