Abécédaire du papier - Un dictionnaire des savoir-faire
Characteristics
An unprecedented exploration of an exceptional material
- 248 terms explained
- 110 illustrations
- A major Franco-Japanese study of paper know-how
- A book that combines science, technology and history
- Precise information punctuated by anecdotes
- An analysis of handmade and machine-made papers
- Number of pages
- 160
- Number of illustrations
- 110
- Publication date
- 24/01/2025
- Dimensions
- 15 cm x 23 cm
- Publisher
- Pyramyd Editions
- Categories
- Bookshop, Graphic design and ads
Description
Under the direction of Valentine Dubard de Gaillarbois and Tomoko Kawamura
With contributions from Maasaki Ariyoshi, Jacques Brejoux, Nadine Dumain, Katsuhiko Masuda and Jean-Claude Roux
Foreword by Erik Orsenna
Paper is omnipresent in our lives, even in the digital age, and has a history and tradition stretching back thousands of years. Specialists in the field, in France and Japan, have compiled in the pages of this book all their technical and practical knowledge about this emblematic material. In the form of a dictionary, the book reveals the secrets of paper manufacture and use through time and space.