this post is part of a series of posts on books related to the book arts that i've read (to the extent that some of these are "readable"). books with e represent items i'm particularly taken with.

the works of Richard Wolfe

Richard Wolfe was my first introduction to books on books – and indeed, fine printing in its broadest sense. i found a 50% off copy of The Art of Marbling in a local bookstore, putting it at the edge of my book buying budget. based on prices online, i felt i was unlikely to find a copy so similarly priced, so i picked it up (somewhat to the chagrin of the bookseller, seeing that it was sold on commission) and started to seek out the rest of Wolfe's books, hoping for that same spark. frankly, they don't all deliver, but as representations of historical marbling techniques they serve as an excellent resource for understanding how we got to where we are today.