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Description
The purpose of this book was to present in depth a Chinese handscroll in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
Special features: 49 illustrations printed black with tint\, 8 duotone with same tint\, and a 5-color foldout
Credits
Production manager: Marcie Kesner
Author: Wen Fong
Size: 10 x 13.5 inches
Pages: 76
Quantity printed: first printing of 6,000
Price: $25.00
Typefaces: text in 12/16 Linotype Palatino, display in foundry Palatino italic and Michelangelo
Typesetter: Finn Typographic Service
Printers: Meriden Gravure Compan, Colorgraphic Offset Company
Printing method: text and black/white illustrations: sheet-fed offset, color illustrations: sheet-fed offset
Paper: Superfine Text Smooth, 100 lb. and 80lb. white
Paper manufacturer: Mohawk Paper Mills
Paper supplies: Lindenmeyr Paper Company
Binder: Robert Burlen & Son
Binding materials: cloth, adobe, made by G.S.B. Fabrics Corporation, supplied by Robert Burlen & Son; on 88 pt. binder’s board
Binding method: Smyth sewn, square back
Endpapers: Grandee, Spanish gold
Endpaper manufacturer: Strathmore Paper Company
Endpaper supplies: Robert Burlen & Son
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
