[Rarebooks] FS: Reed, The Nature and Making of Parchment

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Offered today, a beautiful copy of a beautiful book, regarding one of
the most lovely inventions for the facilitation of human communications
- ever! 

REED, RONALD (1921-1991). _The Nature and Making of Parchment_. Leeds:
The Elmete Press, 1975. 4to. 11 3/8 x 8 1/16 inches. [x], (102) pp.
Half-title, title page printed within brown typographic border,
typographic ornaments throughout, decorative initials, 14 illustrations,
printer's device on title page and colophon, tailpieces; text clean,
unmarked. Quarter parchment, brown buckram over boards, brown leather
spine label title in gilt, gilt decorations on boards, top edge gilt,
illustrated end-papers, glassine dust-jacket; binding square and tight,
jacket chipped and spine of jacket toned. Muir Dawson's copy without
distinguishing marks. Fine copy in Very Good jacket, there is no slip
case. 
$ 175 
LIMITED EDITION of 450 copies, this is one of 425 copies quarter-bound
in Classic vellum with buckram sides, edited and designed by A. S. Money
who supervised its printing on Clan mold-made rag paper made by Wookey
Hole Mill, text set in 12 point Garamond type, and typographic
decorations by Terence Fowler. Ronald Reed was a Professor at the
University of Leeds; he was respected internationally for his scientific
work on ancient leathers and parchment, particularly for his optical and
electron microscopic studies. This volume explains the role of parchment
throughout western history, and especially it role in conserving the
records of homo sapiens' cultural knowledge. 

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