Specimens: A Stevens-Nelson Catalogue

Oswald Cooper; Stevens-Nelson; Bruce Rogers, Mardesteig, Dropmore, Golden Cockerel

 New York, Tri-Arts Press, Inc.; Stevens-Nelson, 1953

Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards. In slip case, (with top flap missing). 107 leaves ; 31 cm. Minor rubbing to a few spots on spine.  Title and introduction designed by Bruce Rogers.  A catalog produced by more than 150 designers, printers, papermakers and other participants in ten countries, showing 107 specimens of fine papers on about 200 sheets. All kinds and colors of paper from the best paper mills in the world are shown and in addition, the specimens were designed and printed by the most gifted and distinguished of present day artists.  "Probably the most varied sample book of handmade and mould-made papers ever done, this book contains the work of more than 150 designers, printers and papermakers of ten countries. Papers of both the West and the Orient are included." - Schlosser 59.