Marbled Paper: its history, techniques, and patterns: with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world, by Richard J. Wolfe. Second printing, 4to, xvi, 245pp, 38 plates, facsimiles, illustrations, , 32 cm, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.
Over 350 colour and 80 black-and-white illustrations. Navy cloth with gilt spine titling. Dust-jacket with one small chip to rear cover. A fine copy.
The nature and origin of marbling; Marbling in the Far and Near East; The European cradle period; Marbling in Germany; Marbling in France; The further spread of the craft in Europe; The initial British experience; The matured British trade; Marbling in the New World, I; Marbling in the New World, II; The decline of the art in Europe: "pseudo-marbling" and marbling by machine; The revival and later events; Technical aspects of the craft, I: marbling process, equipment, and tools; Technical aspects of the craft, II: chemical and physical bases and basic constituents and ingredients; Technical aspects of the craft, III: the colours used, The evolution of marbled patterns
