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Papermaking through eighteen centuries, by Dard Hunter

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Papermaking through eighteen centuries, by Dard Hunter

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eng

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

Papermaking through eighteen centuries

Oclc number

1466921

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by Dard Hunter

Table Of Contents

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

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