McKay (Barry) - Marbling Methods and Receipts from Four Centuries.

Marbling Methods and Receipts from Four Centuries: with other instructions useful to bookbinders. Edited with an introduction by Barry McKay, with original marbled paper samples. 8vo, 85 pp, [6] leaves of plates, 27 cm, The Plough Press, Kidlington, Oxford, Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, Delaware, 1990.

One of 500 copies. Illustrations within the text and 18 tipped-in marbled paper samples at the rear. Green cloth by the Fine Bindery, spine gilt, upper cover inset with a pictorial morocco label. A fine copy.

How to make and design Turkish paper, by Daniel Schwenter; The best method of painting paper in the Turkish manner, by Joannes Zahn; Choice secrets for bookbinders, by Godfrey Smith; The bookbinder's pocket companion, by James Sumner;  Short instruction in the art of marbling, by Josef Halfer;  Book edge marbling, by 'Mancunian'.