The Whatmans and Wove (Velin) Paper; Its Invention and Development in the West. Research into the Origins of Wove Paper and of Genuine Loom-Woven Wire-cloth. [Sold with:] The Elder James Whatman: England's Greatest Paper Maker (1702-1759). A Study of Eighteenth Century Papermaking Technology and its effect on critical phase in the history of English White Paper manufacture. 2 vols.
Published by J. N. Balston. -92, 1998
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Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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3 Vols., 4to, limited to 350 copies, 338; 362; 330pp., illustrs., volume one bound in cloth with dust wrapper, volumes 2 & 3 sewn ready for binding. A comprehensive and carefully integrated account of the economic, political, geographical and technological factors that affected the paper industry in what was perhaps the most important centre of White paper manufacture in 18th Century Britain.
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- Title
- The Whatmans and Wove (Velin) Paper; Its Invention and Development in the West. Research into the Origins of Wove Paper and of Genuine Loom-Woven Wire-cloth. [Sold with:] The Elder James Whatman: England's Greatest Paper Maker (1702-1759). A Study of Eighteenth Century Papermaking Technology and its effect on critical phase in the history of English White Paper manufacture. 2 vols.
- Author
- BALSTON (J. N.)
- Publisher
- J. N. Balston. -92
- Publication year
- 1998
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Forest Books, ABA-ILAB
Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
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