[Vellum Samples] Specimens of Parchment with Notes by Ronald Reed

Reed, Ronald. Specimens of Parchment, with Notes. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. Limited to 200 copies, of which this is #158. Nine specimens of parchment mounted on sheets with letterpress notes: A Portion of a Leaf from an antiphonal; A Piece of an English Indenture; "Japan Vellum"; Parchment made from the flesh split of a skin; Sheepskin Parchment; White Goat Parchment; "Imitation Vellum"; A Modern Specimen of Parchment; Thin Manuscript Calf All housed in a clamshell-type case, with buckram spine, paper-covered boards, and cloth folder and lining. Each sheet measures 8" x 10.75". Some light stains to boards.