Main entry:

Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966, author.

Title & Author:

Papermaking : the history and technique of an ancient craft / by Dard Hunter.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1978.
©1947

Description:

xxiv, 611, xxxvii pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
"Unabridged republication of the second edition of this work as published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-602) and index.
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 Shōtoku 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 -- 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.

Summary:

Discusses every aspect of papermaking--its history, methods, tools, and watermarking.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0486236196 (paperback)
9780486236193 (paperback)

Subject:

Papermaking History.
Watermarks History.
Papermaking.
Papeterie Histoire.
Filigranes (Papeterie) Histoire.
Papeterie.
papermaking.
watermarks.
Watermarks
Papierfabricage.
Papier Histoire.
Papierherstellung Geschichte.
Wasserzeichen Geschichte.
Geschichte

Form/genre:

History
Books.
Advertisements.

Added entries:

Dover Publications, Inc., publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room conservation 21401
Call No.: TS1090.H816 1978
Status: Available