I adore leather bound books with marbled endpapers. This is a very nice stack. via

They're an art form all their own.

Marbling techniques made endpapers beautiful and artistic, as well as a practical bookbinding tool.

One of the book arts most commonly encountered by book collectors, especially on volumes which pre-date publishers' cloth bindings (as well as on many modern fine press titles), is marbling: Marbling is believed to have been invented in China over 2000 years ago, and is known to have been used on paper (in Japan) as early as the 12th century CE. It has been used for bookbindings and endpapers for hundreds of years: Marbling has been used to create bindings that are exclusively (or almost exclusively) marbled paper, and it has been used to create bindings that are a mix of other materials (such as leather) and marbled paper: In books, though, marbling usually is seen to best effect when it is used to create endpapers... ...and pastedowns for books: Marbling also is often used to enhance the appearance of...

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They're an art form all their own.

A General Explication of The Ten Precepts of The Decalogue. Extracted from the Apocalypsis Explicata, a Posthumous work of The Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg Author: Swedenborg, Emanuel 8vo.(5" x 8.375") Quarter brown calf with small corners over marbled boards. Corners bumped and rubbed with small loss, rounded corners. Covers with scuffs, loss of leather corners. Beige endpapers, all edges speckled red. Prior owners name neatly to second free endpaper. Title page heavily toned, all others much less so. From Wiki: Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookseller [!at] gmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey, Sonny Ideker Bookseller is located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit, or email us at sidekerbookseller [!at] gmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks! Find Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sonny-Ideker-Bookseller-Rare-Antiquarian-Leather-Vellum-Bound-Books-100068669041560/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SonnyIdekerBookseller/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny_ideker_bookseller Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, martyrdom, Hypatia, Early Christian, Swedenborg quarter brown leather, marbled boards, all edges reddened, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book

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History of Europe, Vol. 18, 7th Edition, covering the year 1813 to 1814, written by Archibald Alison, F.R.S.E. Published by William Blackwood and Sons in Edinburgh and London in 1848. Book is in good condition. Binding and pages are intact. The endpapers on the front and back inside cover are cracked. Some wear on the cover’s spine and edges. Please make sure to see the pictures to make sure you like the condition! A beautiful antique Victorian history book with a leather spine and marbled cover with gold leaf lettering. The contents are interesting too! European history from 1813 to 1814. It measures approximately 7” x 5” 1/2. A great book for any collection!

Hand marbled paper by Zusia Dodin, large sheet. Great for bookbinding and book restoration as endpapers, endsheets, flyleaf, book cover and boxes. Sheet size: 60x86 cm (~24x34 in) Paper weight: 90 gsm (~61 lb text) Acidity: pH neutral (acid free) Paper color: Off-white Grain: Short Signed?: Yes Environment: Smoke free Notes: * There is a series of similar (not the same) sheets. * The item's picture is of one of these sheets. Interested in more or other pattern, style, colors or size marbled paper? Take a look at our other 500+ items: HandMarbledPaper.etsy.com New hand marbled paper series are listed frequently, so be sure to follow us, or to add the shop or the item to your favorites, to revisit it later. We welcome custom orders, feedback and questions - please contact us.

One of the book arts most commonly encountered by book collectors, especially on volumes which pre-date publishers' cloth bindings (as well as on many modern fine press titles), is marbling: Marbling is believed to have been invented in China over 2000 years ago, and is known to have been used on paper (in Japan) as early as the 12th century CE. It has been used for bookbindings and endpapers for hundreds of years: Marbling has been used to create bindings that are exclusively (or almost exclusively) marbled paper, and it has been used to create bindings that are a mix of other materials (such as leather) and marbled paper: In books, though, marbling usually is seen to best effect when it is used to create endpapers... ...and pastedowns for books: Marbling also is often used to enhance the appearance of...

Vitae Italorum Doctrina Excellentium qui saeculis XVII, et XVIII. Floruerunt (14 volumes) Translated from Latin: Lives of Excellent Italian Scholars who Flourished in the 17th and 18th Centuries, 14 volumes Author: Fabronio, Angelo 8vo (5" x 7.875") 14 volumes. 1778-79. Fabronio, Angelo. Pisis: Carolus Ginesius. Quarter brown polished calf over marbled boards. Spine with five fancy gilt rule decorated bands creating compartments, gilt author/title/vol# to fancy gilt rule bordered red leather to second compartment, gilt fancy rule to head and foot of spine. All edges speckled blue, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to many, head and foot of spine rubbed. Covers slightly soiled in some cases, overall a VERY GOOD set of books. Folding plate to rear of volume 1, bookplate of Canon Carter to front pastedown of vol. 1. Prior owners name in old ink to title page (see pic). From Wiki: Angelo Fabroni (September 25, 1732 – September 22, 1803) was an Italian biographer and historian. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookseller [!at] gmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey. Sonny Ideker Bookseller is located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit, or email us at sidekerbookseller [!at] gmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks! Find Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sonny-Ideker-Bookseller-Rare-Antiquarian-Leather-Vellum-Bound-Books-100068669041560/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SonnyIdekerBookseller/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny_ideker_bookseller Flickr: https://flic.kr/ps/2v6pn4 Website: https://sonnyideker.weebly.com/ Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, Latin Language, Famous Italians, 17th 18th century, 14 volumes Marbled boards, Marbled endpapers, all edges speckled blue, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book

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Marbling techniques made endpapers beautiful and artistic, as well as a practical bookbinding tool.

Marbling paper for book endsheets is a great way to add a little more class to your bookbinding project. Marbling is very simple to do and every print is completely different which further helps to add originality to your books. Your bookbinding marbling adventure doesn't have to stop at endsheets, you could also experiment with marbling the coverboards, the book cover material or even the book block fore-edges. For the general craft-worker or bookbinding hobbyist you'll likely be able to complete adequate paper marbling with materials you can find at home or pick up from local stores (you can also buy marbling kits that have everything you need to get started). For those looking for a more professional finish you'll be pleased to know that marbling is an art, and as such there are many techniques and concepts you can learn to make your books stand out from the rest. I would recommend checking our post on the Top 5 Must Read Books on Marbling Techniques + Reviews. Continue reading →

Hand marbled paper by Zusia Dodin, shell pattern. Great for bookbinding and book restoration as endpapers, endsheets, flyleaf, book cover and boxes. Sheet size: 48x67 cm (~19x26 in) Paper weight: 90 gsm (~61 lb. text) ECF: Elemental Chlorine Free Acidity: pH neutral (acid free) Paper color: Bright brown Paper brand: Fedrigoni Pattern: Shell Grain: Short Signed?: Yes Environment: Smoke free 🇫🇷 Shell pattern was first created in France at the end of the 18th century. This pattern is also called "French shell" marble, marbre caillouté agate, ringader marmor and vogelaugen marmor. Note: The actual sheet that you will get, has been scanned for the item's picture. Interested in more or other patterns, styles, colors or sizes of marbled paper? Take a look at our other 500+ items: HandMarbledPaper.etsy.com New hand marbled paper series are listed frequently, so be sure to follow us, or to add the shop or the item to your favorites, to revisit it later. We welcome custom orders, feedback and questions - please contact us.

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Poggius Florentinus: Historia Florentina [Italian]. Venice: Jacobus Rubeus, 8 Mar. 1476. Rear marbled-paper pastedown. Sp Coll Hunterian Be.2.8 (item 2).

Marbling paper for book endsheets is a great way to add a little more class to your bookbinding project. Marbling is very simple to do and every print is completely different which further helps to add originality to your books. Your bookbinding marbling adventure doesn't have to stop at endsheets, you could also experiment with marbling the coverboards, the book cover material or even the book block fore-edges. For the general craft-worker or bookbinding hobbyist you'll likely be able to complete adequate paper marbling with materials you can find at home or pick up from local stores (you can also buy marbling kits that have everything you need to get started). For those looking for a more professional finish you'll be pleased to know that marbling is an art, and as such there are many techniques and concepts you can learn to make your books stand out from the rest. I would recommend checking our post on the Top 5 Must Read Books on Marbling Techniques + Reviews. Continue reading →

I created this as a specially commissioned birthday present for a travel-loving friend. The book is about 6 inches square, and has an unusual binding that's a combination of French and Coptic stitching. I only attached the back of the text-block to the cover so that the stitching would be exposed. The outside cover is a beloved pair of the recipient's favorite shorts that had to be consigned to the rag pile, only to be resurrected in a new life as part of a half binding. The spine and corners are book cloth. I sewed the tabs on the sewing machine because I wanted to use something besides elastic to hold the book together. I hand-sewed the toggles to the straps. The inside pages hold lots of different surprises and start off with a quote that says "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page". The endpaper inside is hand marbled - I even included a secret pocket for stashing away important documents or mementos. more "step by step" photos will be appearing tomorrow on my blog - Top Secret VIP List | Blog | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

One day many years ago, while visiting Norway, I wandered into a small bookshop in the old part of Oslo. There on a long table were stacks of patterned papers. I soon learned that these were from the workshop of the famous Norwegian bookbinder and book artist H.M. Refsum. Refsum worked in Kristiania (later called Oslo) from the mid 19th to the early 20th century. A master bookbinder in leather, but he really seemed to excel at decorating paper, which he used as endpapers, and also to cover books. He employed a number of familiar paper printing techniques, such as Marbling, Woodblock or Linoleum Printing, and Stencilling. But he also experimented with texture, Combing, Finger Painting, and other techniques to manipulate the paints and ink on the surface of the paper. His color palette and aesthetic seem to have been greatly influenced by the natural history of his native country, for example Reindeer Moss, the fjords, mountains, and the Marine Environment - coral, sea urchins and jelly fish. In the field of Book Arts, H.M. Refsum might be to Norway, what William Morris was to Great Britain. A hundred years later his decorative papers still look fresh and modern. Loving Refsum's turn-of-the-century take on sixties' tie-dye, Marjorie

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History of Europe, Vol. 13, 7th Edition, covering years from 1809 to 1811, written by Archibald Alison, F.R.S.E. Published by William Blackwood and Sons in Edinburgh and London in 1848. Book is in good condition. Binding and pages are intact. The endpapers on the front and back inside cover are cracked. Some wear on the cover’s spine and edges. Please make sure to see the pictures to make sure you like the condition! A beautiful antique Victorian history book with a leather spine and marbles cover with gold leaf lettering. The contents are interesting too! European history during the French Revolution. from the years 1809 to 1811. It measures approximately 7” x 5” 1/2. A great book for any collection! I am a book lover who saves books. Every book listed in the shop is carefully inspected and cleaned from dirt and dust to the best of my ability before being listed for purchase. I do my best to provide an accurate condition specific to every book and will show in pictures any blemishes the book has in an upfront manner. Every measure I take is to ensure that who ever receives these books has a pleasant experience with antique books so that these books can be read and treasured forever.

One day many years ago, while visiting Norway, I wandered into a small bookshop in the old part of Oslo. There on a long table were stacks of patterned papers. I soon learned that these were from the workshop of the famous Norwegian bookbinder and book artist H.M. Refsum. Refsum worked in Kristiania (later called Oslo) from the mid 19th to the early 20th century. A master bookbinder in leather, but he really seemed to excel at decorating paper, which he used as endpapers, and also to cover books. He employed a number of familiar paper printing techniques, such as Marbling, Woodblock or Linoleum Printing, and Stencilling. But he also experimented with texture, Combing, Finger Painting, and other techniques to manipulate the paints and ink on the surface of the paper. His color palette and aesthetic seem to have been greatly influenced by the natural history of his native country, for example Reindeer Moss, the fjords, mountains, and the Marine Environment - coral, sea urchins and jelly fish. In the field of Book Arts, H.M. Refsum might be to Norway, what William Morris was to Great Britain. A hundred years later his decorative papers still look fresh and modern. Loving Refsum's turn-of-the-century take on sixties' tie-dye, Marjorie