[Rarebooks] Hunter. Ceremonial Chinese Paper

[Edward Ripley-Duggan]

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(CHINESE ART). Hunter, Dard. Chinese Ceremonial Paper. A monograph 
related to the fabrication of paper and tin-foil and the use of paper 
in Chinese rites and religious ceremonies. Chillicothe, OH, Mountain 
House Press, 1937. First and only edition, one of 125 copies, signed 
by Hunter. 29 cm., in the publisher's binding by Peter Franck of 
terracotta morocco with matching decorated paper sides. 3 ff., 79, 
(3) pp., 15 ff., with a plethora (somewhere in excess of 40) superb 
specimens, many folding, some dating back to the 17th century.  Some 
offsetting from a few of the specimens as always, but overall a fine copy.
A remarkable text and one of the most beautiful of Hunter's 
extraordinary solo productions. I have always preferred it to 
Papermaking by Hand in America. because of the presence of the 
remarkable decorated papers. These were collected by Hunter all over 
the Orient during a period of intensive travel and adventure.

Edward Ripley-Duggan

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