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Show A*NOTE~REGARDIN »THE rPURPOSE~OF » THISxBOO NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I began mflec«mg matenal for abooko the subjectof modern Oriental hand-m making. Originall itwasmy idea tomake one complete Volumzoc ering the craftfro itsinception in thesecond century A. D.tothe presenttime; but,afte bemg:onfxontedwflh(he amoumofmmenalavaxlable ~data, specxmens thelxmnanon of my bookmaking facilities, the hope of combining everylh only the carly centuries of Orfental papéemaking, and has resolve nselfmmabxiefmenograph on theinvention of Tsiai e together with manuscripts, Numerousspecimensof od Oriental papers, with «hmong. and materials specified, are alsoinclu Insheped that the picturesand the comprcbenswe captionswillserve 5 paper rather than by extended comment, To this present book my proillustrationsand specimens, will be a large companion volume. The cont Plated book will have a much better chance nfma(enalumgncw that th flver[lowufearlxermaienalhasbeendzspmedofm(hepresentwork, whic isin the nature ofa preliminary introduction to the book that s tofollow Alrights reserved |