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Title

  • Primitive papermaking : an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper

Names

  • Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966
  • Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966, signer
  • Mountain House Press
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Chillicothe, O. : Mountain House Press, 1927.

Headings

  • -  Papermaking--Mexico
  • -  Papermaking--Oceania
  • -  Decoration and ornament
  • -  Art, Prehistoric

Genre

  • Autographs (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  In portfolio.
  • -  Printed from hand-cut and hand-cast type. "The punches, matrices, moulds, and tools which were employed in the making of this type are now in the Smithsonian institution and after the cessation of my publishing the type itself will be destroyed."--Prefatory note.
  • -  "Owing to the methods used in producing this book the edition is necessarily limited. Two hundred copies have been printed".
  • -  Bibliography: p. [48]
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2316
  • -  LC copy: "This copy is numbered 30." Signed: Dard Hunter.
  • -  "Copy 1 deaccessioned for exchange with Bookpress BDU, 6-1-87" LAC ecr 2019-02-22
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-02-22 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-16 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 47, [1] p. : front., illus., plates (part mounted, part col.) mounted samples ; 44 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TS1090 .H83
  • TS1090 .H83 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection item 2316. LC has copy number 40.
  • Z239.H94 P

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 27018431

OCLC Number

  • 494265

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Hunter, Dard, Dard Hunter, Mountain House Press, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Primitive papermaking: an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper. Chillicothe, O.: Mountain House Press, 1927. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/27018431/.

APA citation style:

Hunter, D., Hunter, D., Mountain House Press & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1927) Primitive papermaking: an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper. Chillicothe, O.: Mountain House Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/27018431/.

MLA citation style:

Hunter, Dard, et al. Primitive papermaking: an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper. Chillicothe, O.: Mountain House Press, 1927. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/27018431/>.