| Description |
xxiv, 611 page, xxxvii pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Ancient watermarks: six and a half centuries of mystic symbols -- Latter-day watermarks: the nineteenth-century development of watermarks into an artistic and technical achievement -- Papermaking materials: with the eighteenth-century development of printing, occidental papermakers were forced to begin their search for vegetable fibres never before used -- The paper-machine and its inventor, Nicholas-Louis Robert, the paper-machine revolutionizes printing -- Printing revolutionizes papermaking, and the world-wide quest for new papermaking fibres begins in earnest -- The watermarking of machine-made papers and the use of watermarks in detecting forgery -- Present-day papermaking by hand in Europe -- Handmade papers vs. machine-made papers, paper made by the ancient traditional methods still has a limited use, but the paper-machine has altered every phase of life -- Chronology of papermaking, paper, and the use of paper |
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Before paper: the writing substances of the ancients -- Ts'ai Lun and the invention of paper: the influence of calligraphy upon paper and the influence of paper upon printing -- Empress Shotoku and her million printed prayers: the first text printing upon paper to be executed in the world -- The hand-mould: the papermakers' most essential tool, upon which rest the two thousand years of papermaking history -- The maceration of materials for papermaking: from the primitive mortar and pestle of ancient China to the improved Hollander of Europe -- Early papermaking processes and methods -- Paper: a sacred material -- the use of paper in the Orient for ceremonies and purposes unknown in the western world -- The paper and the papermakers of Europe and America during the early years of printing |
| Summary |
Discusses every aspect of papermaking --its history, methods, tools, and watermarking |
| Analysis |
Geschichte |
| Notes |
"Unabridged republication of the second edition of this work as published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York."--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-602) and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Papermaking -- History.
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Watermarks -- History.
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| LC no. |
77092477 |
| ISBN |
0486236196 (paperback) |
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9780486236193 (paperback) |
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