Christopher Weimann (1946-1988)

Item Details

Tübingen, Jäckle-Sönmez, 1991, Blind-stamped dark grey cloth

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED to 300 copies, this is copy number 135, Fine

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Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, (1991).

4to. 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches. 107 pp. Half-title, frontispiece, marbled paper sample tipped-onto the title page, more than 90 illustrations (38 color), 8 marbled samples tipped-in; text clean, unmarked. Blind-stamped dark grey cloth, spine titled in black, added plastic dust-jacket; binding square and tight. Comes with the original prospectus and the original owner’s receipt. GD325-005. Fine. 

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED to 300 copies, this is copy number 135 (there was also a de luxe edition of 100 copies issued with a slip case and additional marbled samples).

Christopher Weimann, a celebrated master American paper marbler, was “a pioneer of marbled designs and also scholarly researcher who researched historical pieces and technical methods, Weimann most notable investigated a number of rare marbled drawings, attributed to the 17th-century Deccan Sultanates in India.” From: cweimannmarbledworks.blogspot. Accessed 3/7/2025.

34 copies OCLC.