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Fans
[Collection of five paper fans].
Indonesia, U.S.A, and France, various manufacturers, ca. 1900-1950. All made of wood. 1. Indonesia, Soerabaya, Wassimal Brothers, Toko Bombay Moerah. Pasar Toendjoengan 36 (21.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm, 28 ribs), floral pattern on outer ribs back side; 2. Idem, however, with a 26 instead of 28 ribs, a metal shackle, and a different floral design. 3. Washington, DC, Hotel Powhatan (21.3 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm; 23 ribs); outer ribs silver-printed, translucent rice paper, with floral pattern, heightened with silver and gold. 4. Clermont-Ferrand, Taillerie de Royat, 35 Rue Neuve près la Place Jaude. (21.1 x 1.9 x 2.0 (widest); 16 ribs. With a photoprint titled Taille des agates, showing factory workers processing agate gemstones. 5. (28.8 x 2.0 x 3.9 [widest point] cm); ten ribs. Floral patters over a silver background. Pochoir on both sides. With calligraphed Chinese texts referring to tea.
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Haecker, [F. C.] V.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. Vierzehnter Band. Tiefsee-Radiolarien.
Jena, Gustav Fisher, 1908. Four parts in four. Large 4to (34.3 x 25.5 cm). x, 706 pp. [x, 1-336, 337-706]; 87 mostly chromolithographed plates; two partly coloured maps; 225 text figures. Uniform original "Gustav Fischer orange" wrappers, or black quarter cloth over orange boards, as issued.
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[Kimono print designs] Shoun Ogawa
Pine Cloud Pattern. Furisode nobu.
Kyoto, Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 34 [1901]. Folio leporello (27.0 x 36.7 cm). 24 pages, of which 20 with pochoir prints, several heightened with silver or gold, and four plain. Printed boards, illustrated with silver, flying cranes, and a large title label.
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[Maps] Polar region [AND] Africa
Dernières explorations en Asie et dans les régions polaires - 1880 [AND] Dernières explorations en Afrique 1880.
Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1881. Two maps, printed in black, blue and red (25.7 x 25.6 cm; and 16.5 x 17.4 cm) on a single, folded sheet (46.7 x 30.3 cm). Original printed wrappers.
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Milne-Edwards, A.
Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux fossiles de la France. Ouvrage qui a obtenu le grand Prix des sciences physiques décerné par l'Académie des sciences en 1866.
Paris, Victor Masson, 1867-1871. Four volumes in four. Large 4to (30.8 x 23.7 cm [text volumes]; 30.8 x 25.9 cm [atlas volumes]). Text I (1867-1868): half-title, title page, 474, [i] pp.; Text II (1869-1871) 632 pp.; Atlas I (1867-1868): title page; 96 lithographed plates, of which four double-sized and in chromolithography, and all with explanatory text leaves; Atlas II (1869-1871): title page; 104 tinted lithographed plates (numbered 97-200), all with explanatory text leaves. Several plates double-sized or larger. Uniform contemporary half-morocco over marbled boards. Spines with four raised bands, compartments with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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[Paper]
Imitation. Papier à la cuve pour livres et impressions de luxe.
France, AC, ca. 1900. Oblong folio (20.2 x 30.0 cm), with pink cord. Title page, 14 different paper leaves, each with a small logo and number, and one large, folded leaf in rear pocket, with the printed text "Cet échantillon démontre le bord imit. à la cuve" and "Ces papiers sont livrés suivant demande avec ou sans bords imit. à la cuve". Original "artisan" paper wrappers, colour-printed in Art Nouveau style.
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[Paper Weaving]
Dutch sample book of various paper weavings.
St. Jacobi Parochie [The Netherlands], W. Dijkstra, ca. 1915-1920. School notebook (21.0 x 16.5 cm). 18 pp., each with colourful samples of paper weavings on recto and verso (36 in total). Plain wrappers with blue and white octagonal label pasted on the front wrapper, and name and place hand-written in ink.
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[Printed Matter]
Toilet paper rolls.
The Netherlands and Belgium, various manufacturers, ca. 1930-1950. Five complete rolls in their original wrappers (height 10.5-12.0 cm, diameter 10.5-12.0 cm). Preserved in early 20th-century clamshell box, entirely covered with German and Austrian bank notes (31 x 23 x 21 cm).
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