Title: Papermaking through eighteen centuries /
Authors: Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966; Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957; William Edwin Rudge (Firm)
Publisher: W.E. Rudge,
Year: 1930
Subjects: Papermaking History; Watermarks; Paper history
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.