Strange Papers A Collection Of The World's Rarest Handmade Papers Siegenthaler Fred

One descriptive volume and the 101 samples in original folders. FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION, #40 OF ONLY 180 SPECIAL COPIES, of a total printing of only 200 copies. SIGNED by the author. With 101 samples of rare papers from around the world. 4to in Folio presentation case, very handsomely boxed in a special case, with the paper samples protected in captioned and numbered paper folders. The volume's upper cover stamped and decorated in black, as is the box, featuring the author's watermark design printed as vignette. The box and binding executed by Rene Freiburghaus AG. 128 pp; samples. A superb and pristine set, as mint. The case still very handsome, one end tender having once separated from the covers of the foldover case, now sympathetically repaired. RARE FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF ONLY 180 SPECIAL COPIES. This Collection of the World’s Rarest Handmade Papersfeatures a selection of papers thatSiegenthaler sought out and commissioned from around the world. He produced two editions for a total of only 200 copies. Siegenthaler wrote letters (by hand, sent with stamps) requesting sample papers from over 500 papermakers and manufacturers in the early 1980’s. He then chose 101 papers from 50 papermakers and purchased 200 sheets from each. 19 further and even more exotic papers were produced exclusively for the Special Edition. Siegenthaler once remarked that he spent over 100,000 Swiss francs to procure all these papers. The edition sold out quickly. The wondrous papers from far-flung reaches of the globe include papers made from various parts of plants (bast, leaves, bark, etc.) including bamboo, corn, papyrus, New Zealand flax, hemp, potato sprouts, moss, narcissus, linden trees, stinging nettles and several kinds of straw; vegetables, including carrots, eggplant, winter squash and asparagus rinds; and miscellaneous substances, including wasps' nests, leather, silk, blue jeans, synthetic wood pulp, polyethylene, peat, steel fibers, glass fibers, U.S. dollar bills, other recycled papers and cloth and "wood 30 million years old." "Feather paper" incorporates whole feathers in cotton rag pulp base. "Shifu" and "Men-shifu" are samples of cloth made from paper. Some of these are present only in the 20 copy limitation.