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SEKI, Yoshikuni. Collection of pictures of old and new paper-making for hand-made paper and of old paper-shop. [Tokyo: self–published, 1965]. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. 181 tipped–in samples of hand–made Japanese paper including papyrus stalk, palmleaf paper, etc., numerous woodcut vignettes in text, 2 mounted color plates, one folding; each illustration captioned in Japanese and English. Original orange–red hand–made paper covers, Japanese stab bind with silk cord, printed cover labels; original folding blue cloth chemise with bone clasps. Provenance: bookseller’s ticket (Isseido). LIMITED EDITION, number 126 of 200 copies of a chronological history of paper making in Japan with samples dating as far back as 730 CE.