Main entry:

Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966.

Title & Author:

Papermaking through eighteen centuries / by Dard Hunter.

Publication:

New York : William Edwin Rudge, 1930.

Description:

xvii, 358 p. : 214 ill., facsims. ; 25 cm.

Notes:
The early writers on papermaking from Ulman Stromer to Matthias Koops -- The appliances and methods of oriental and occidental papermakers during the development of the craft -- Developments in the maceration of papermaking materials: from the ancient Chinese methods to the invention of the Hollander -- The invention and evolution of the papermaking mould, the principal tool of the ancient makers of paper -- The eccentricities of the old papermakers and the characteristics of the paper they fabricated -- An account of the first English forgeries and the efforts of Sir William Congreve to prevent counterfeiting -- The use and significance of the ancient watermarks in European book and manuscript papers.

Subject:

Papermaking History.
Watermarks.
Papeterie Histoire.
Filigranes (Papeterie)
watermarks.
Papermaking

Form/genre:

History
Dummies.

Added entries:

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
William Edwin Rudge (Firm)
Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 106619
Call No.: PO11117; ID:86-B21379
Status: Available