Sidney E. Berger
Chiyogami Papers, 2011
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press
One of 120 copies.
2970
Tall octavo. 143pp. A study of the history and manufacture of Japanese chiyogami papers, one of the few that have been written in English. The text is accompanied by twenty-four...
Tall octavo. 143pp. A study of the history and manufacture of Japanese chiyogami papers, one of the few that have been written in English. The text is accompanied by twenty-four large samples of chiyogami papers produced in the 1940s and 50s from Dr. Berger's own collection, as well as woodcuts and watercolors showing the process of making kozo paper reproduced from historic sources. Bound in quarter African goatskin with leather spine label and decorated silk over boards; Japanese lettering by master calligrapher Shozo Sato in gilt to front cover. Fine, with prospectus, original sales receipt, and event announcement.


