The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges

Author Josef Halfer
Translator Herman Dieck
Publisher L.H. Kinder

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This is the first English translation of Josef Halfer’s manual on marbling, which still inspires marblers today. Halfer practiced marbling when it was being replaced by mechanically produced substitutes. His innovative applications of scientific advances resolved earlier technical problems, resulting in an efflorescence of new patterns and a revival of interest in the craft.

The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges, Josef Halfer

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The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges, Josef Halfer
The progress of the marbling art, from technical scientific principles : with a supplement on the decoration of book edges, Josef Halfer

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