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EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS COLIN FRANKLIN 1999
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EXPLORING JAPANESE | BOOKS AND SCROLLS | COLIN FRANKLIN | THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA
14 x 10. 186 pp. – two blanks, half title (i), frontispiece (ii), title (iii), copyright notice (iv), dedication (v), acknowledgement (vi), contents vii, list of illustrations viii-xi, blank (viii-xii), second half title (1), plate 1 (2), text and plates 3-149, blank (150), index 151-156, colophon (157), blank (158-162).
More than 90 full-color plates of decorative motifs from Japanese patterns. Type Goudy Scripps College Old Style, Charlemagne display type designed by Carol Twombly. Paper Mohawk Superfine. Bound in full cloth with decorative four-color paper side panels and printed slipcase. Designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mountain View, California. 450 copies. Scanning and lithography by Shoreline Printing, Mountain View. Binding and slipcases by Rosell Bookbinding, Phoenix. Price $150.00.
Franklin's subjects range from the earliest printed Buddhist charms to spectacular painted albums by artists famous and obscure; from popular illustrated volumes to maps, guides, and amusing English-language phrase books. The wide range of topics gives this book a unique place among works devoted to Japanese art. Franklin has drawn upon his own remarkable collection, the fruit of at least twenty-five journeys to Japan in as many years. He establishes that Japanese books and scrolls are visually delightful, approachable works that can be appreciated for their inherent artistic quality and beauty
EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS COLIN FRANKLIN 1999
→ 211 →
EXPLORING JAPANESE | BOOKS AND SCROLLS | COLIN FRANKLIN | THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA
14 x 10. 186 pp. – two blanks, half title (i), frontispiece (ii), title (iii), copyright notice (iv), dedication (v), acknowledgement (vi), contents vii, list of illustrations viii-xi, blank (viii-xii), second half title (1), plate 1 (2), text and plates 3-149, blank (150), index 151-156, colophon (157), blank (158-162).
More than 90 full-color plates of decorative motifs from Japanese patterns. Type Goudy Scripps College Old Style, Charlemagne display type designed by Carol Twombly. Paper Mohawk Superfine. Bound in full cloth with decorative four-color paper side panels and printed slipcase. Designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mountain View, California. 450 copies. Scanning and lithography by Shoreline Printing, Mountain View. Binding and slipcases by Rosell Bookbinding, Phoenix. Price $150.00.
Franklin's subjects range from the earliest printed Buddhist charms to spectacular painted albums by artists famous and obscure; from popular illustrated volumes to maps, guides, and amusing English-language phrase books. The wide range of topics gives this book a unique place among works devoted to Japanese art. Franklin has drawn upon his own remarkable collection, the fruit of at least twenty-five journeys to Japan in as many years. He establishes that Japanese books and scrolls are visually delightful, approachable works that can be appreciated for their inherent artistic quality and beauty