By Hans Schmoller
Gloucestershire   The Whittington Press
11.5" by 8" 20 pp.
An exceptionally scarce copy of this reprint of Hans Schmoller’s work on collecting decorated papers, their history, craftsmanship, and aesthetics.
By Hans Schmoller

1984 Panoply of Paper: on Collecting Decorated Papers

Gloucestershire   The Whittington Press
11.5" by 8" 20 pp.
An exceptionally scarce copy of this reprint of Hans Schmoller’s work on collecting decorated papers, their history, craftsmanship, and aesthetics.
£65.00
: 0.5kgs / : 978H1

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Description

Colour Plates, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original paper wraps.

This is a reprint of an article originally published in Matrix 3 (published c.1984) by the Whittington Press, titled On Collecting Decorated Papers

Panoply of Paper discusses the collecting of decorated papers: what kinds there are, their decoration, craftsmanship, historical and aesthetic value, with a large fold-out colour plate.

Hans Peter Schmoller (1916-1985) was a German-born British typographer and designer. He was Head of Typography & Design at Penguin Books from 1949 to 1976

Condition

In the publisher's original paper wraps. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in one or two very slight closed tears and creases. Slight rubbing to title label on front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. with just one or two spots.

Very Good Indeed

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