[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.