Main entry:

Balston, Thomas.

Title & Author:

James Whatman, father & son / by Thomas Balston.

Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 1979.

Description:

xi, 170 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Nineteenth-century book arts & printing history

Notes:
Reprint of the 1957 ed. published by Methuen, London.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Whatman pedigree -- Turkey Mill -- Richard Harris -- James Whatman I -- James Whatman II -- Turkey Mill 1763-68 -- Turkey Mill 1768-74 -- Turkey Mill and Loose Mill 1775-79 -- Domestic life 1771-82 -- The Mill ledger 1780-87 -- Poll Mill -- The excise duties -- Work at the Mills 1788-94 -- The sale of the Mills -- Hollingbourne Mill -- Last years -- Aftermath -- Appendix I: Did Whatman learn his craft in Holland? -- Appendix II: The trial of Edward Burch and Matthew Martin -- Appendix III: the master paper makers' memorial to the commissioners of excise -- Appendix IV: On the making of antiquarian (double atlas) by Whatman's 'contrivance' -- Appendix V: On the countermarks and watermarks used by the Whatmans.

ISBN:

0824038754
9780824038755

Subject:

Whatman, James, 1702-1759.
Whatman, James, 1741-1798.
Paper industry Great Britain 18th century History.
Paper industry Great Britain 18th century Biography.
Fathers and sons Great Britain 18th century.
Paper industry Great Britain History.
Paper industry Great Britain Biography.
Fathers and sons Great Britain.
Papier Industrie Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Papier Industrie Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Pères et fils Grande-Bretagne.
Papier Industrie Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle Histoire.
Papier Industrie Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle Biographies.
Pères et fils Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Fathers and sons
Paper industry
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Biographies
History

Added entries:

Nineteenth-century book arts and printing history.

James Whatman, father and son

Holdings:

Location: Library main 88032
Call No.: ID:85-B12573
Status: Available