(Paper) - 4 volumes. - Lot 190

(Paper) - 4 volumes. - HUNTER (Dard). The Literature of Papermaking, 1390–1800. Chillicothe (United States of America), 1925 (Reprint, 2001). Folio, [2 ff], 48 pp, publisher's cloth binding. The author has cataloged, described, and annotated (and reproduced a few title pages and illustrations) important manuscripts and books dealing with paper, its history, and its techniques. - COTTIER (Élie). The History of an Ancient Craft. Paper from Auvergne is made by hand, just as it was in the Middle Ages. Clermont-Ferrand, Éditions Mont-Louis, (circa 1937). In-8, 100 pp, [1 f], paperback. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text. Printed, as it should be, on Auvergne paper. - *Le Papier*. Issue 27/28 of *Revue Traverses*. Paris, Centre Pompidou, 1983. In-4, 222 pp, paperback, illustrated cover. Numerous illustrations. - BLUM (André). The Origins of Paper, Printing, and Engraving. Paris, Éditions de la Tournelle, 1935. In-8, 252 pp, paperback. Frontispiece and numerous figures. - Papermaking: Art and Craft. Washington, Library of Congress, 1968. Italian-style In-8, 96 pp., paperback, title in raised lettering on the cover. Illustrated with numerous reproductions, facsimiles, photographs, etc. The Spread of Papermaking, The Techniques of Papermaking, Papermaking in the Past Century.