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HALFER, Joseph. The Progress of the Marbling Art... Translated by Herman Dieck. Buffalo, N.Y.: The American Bookbinder Co., 1894.
8° (228 x 150mm.). Text printed in purple ink. 35 coloured examples of marbling mounted on 10 plates (5 plates with 1 example per sheet, 5 with 6 per sheet), illustrations. Original glazed paper boards (lightly scuffed and soiled), modern cloth box.
A fine copy. The 'preface to the first edition' gives the author as a bookbinder living in Budapest. The publisher's name appears on a slip tipped onto the title and obscuring the original publisher's name (Louis H. Kinder), and the date 1893.
8° (228 x 150mm.). Text printed in purple ink. 35 coloured examples of marbling mounted on 10 plates (5 plates with 1 example per sheet, 5 with 6 per sheet), illustrations. Original glazed paper boards (lightly scuffed and soiled), modern cloth box.
A fine copy. The 'preface to the first edition' gives the author as a bookbinder living in Budapest. The publisher's name appears on a slip tipped onto the title and obscuring the original publisher's name (Louis H. Kinder), and the date 1893.