The Devil’s Artisan

ENDPAPERS

The following collection of endpapers has been graciously provided by Jan Figurski, whose passion for the book arts has, over the years, led him to take up letterpress printing, paper making, publishing, bookbinding, and antiquarian book restoring. Jan is also, as it happens, a retired librarian, who at one time was responsible for disposing of discards weeded from the Special Collections of the University of Western Ontario's School of Library and Information Science.

‘Many of the weeded items were antiquarian, but they were falling apart,’ recalled Jan. ‘When they couldn't be sold or otherwise disposed of, I at least salvaged the marbled endpapers.’

Jan notes that most of the endpapers are British in origin, dating back to the early 1800s, but the collection includes some French and Italian endpapers of varying age.

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Marbled Endpapers

red, blue and green combed marbled endpaper

red, grey and gold spotted marbled endpaper

red, grey and gold wavy marbled endpaper

orange, yellow and blue combed marbled endpaper

red, white and blue shell combed marbled endpaper

purple, blue and peach swirl marbled endpaper

purple, yellow and black spotted marbled endpaper

purple, white and black spotted marbled endpaper

orange, red and black spotted marbled endpaper

red, pink and cream spotted marbled endpaper

red, light orange and black spotted marbled endpaper

cream, gold and blue combed marbled endpaper

brown and white spotted marbled endpaper

brown, white and black spotted marbled endpaper

cream, blue and brown combed marbled endpaper

forest green and light green spotted marbled endpaper

brown, gold and purple rippled marbled endpaper

brown, green and yellow rippled marbled endpaper

brown, black and white rippled marbled endpaper

brown, beige and red rippled marbled endpaper

navy blue and aqua spotted marbled endpaper

black, white, blue and red spotted marbled endpaper

black, brown and white veined marbled endpaper

blue, red and gold spotted marbled endpaper

blue, red and beige spotted marbled endpaper

black, white and gold spotted marbled endpaper

blue, white and red spotted marbled endpaper

blue, gold and brown rippled marbled endpaper

black, grey and teal rippled marbled endpaper

grey, red and gold rippled marbled endpaper

black blue, red and beige rippled marbled endpaper

black, purple and green rippled marbled endpaper

blue, brown and red rippled marbled endpaper

black, yellow and red rippled marbled endpaper

black and brown spotted marbled endpaper

deep red and pink spotted marbled endpaper

Patterned Endpapers

light green endpaper with black leaf and white berry pattern

golden yellow endpaper with black star pattern

brown endpaper with beige floral pattern

white endpaper with intricate black and green floral pattern

grey endpaper with pattern of black and pale grey arrows and red dots

The Devil’s Artisan would like to acknowledge the generous financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

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