Paper & paper making, ancient and modern
By: by Richard Herring ; with an introduction by the Rev. George Croly
Contributors: Croly, George, 1780-1860
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Published: 1855
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Papermaking; Writing; Materials and instruments; History
Other titles: Paper and paper-making, ancient and modern
Notes: "Founded upon lectures recently delivered at the London Institution"--Preface.

Samples comprise 8 sheets with watermarks (3 line, 3 light and shade, 2 impressed), 5 of writing paper (2 laid, 3 wove), 4 of wrapping paper, 2 of paper made from 80% straw and 20% rope, 1 made almost entirely from wheat straw, 1 of printing paper and 1 sample each of water leaf, unsized, sized and glazed paper.

Publisher's catalog dated March 1855: 24 p. at end.

Labarre, E.J. Paper-making (2nd ed.), p. xiii, no. 70