[Printing] [Hunter, Dard] Massmann, Robert E. Dard Hunter: Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections

New Britain, Connecticut: (Art Press), 1984. First and limited edition, one of only 100 copies. Comprising two miniature volumes: one in a silhouette shape of Dard Hunter's Lime Rock, Connecticut paper mill (Vol. One) (2 3/8 x 2 in.), and one circular (Vol. Two) (2 3/16 in. circumference); each containing paper samples from Hunter's paper mill, each signed by the publisher and designer, Robert E. Massmann. Includes a small bag of confetti created from paper from Hunter's paper mill, attached to a red string with a printed slip signed by Massmann, as well as a bundle of deckle edges, attached with same and also signed by Massmann. All housed in a faux red morocco slip case with a hand-colored cardboard model of Hunter's Lime Rock mill on top. Book-plate of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard in each volume and on bottom of slip case. Bromer & Edison, Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures, pp. 40-41

A fantastic production of miniature books containing memories and reflections by Dard Hunter, and including paper samples from his Lime Rock, Connecticut paper mill. Hunter was "the greatest papermaker and paper historian America has known": (Bromer & Edison), and all materials used for this charming production were harvested from the last lot of paper taken from his Lime Rock mill before its destruction by flood in 1955.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance

From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

[Printing] [Hunter, Dard] Massmann, Robert E. Dard Hunter: Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections