A history of paper : its genesis and its revelations, origin and manufacture, utility and commercial value of an indispensable staple of the commercial world / [by J.E.A. Smith].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Joseph Edward Adams, 1822-1896.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paper industry--History.

Paper industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([5], 104, [5] p. ) ill. ;

Other Title:

History of paper

Place of Publication:

Holyoke, Mass. : C.W. Bryan & Co., 1882 [c1881] (Paper World Press)

Contents:

pt. 1. Connection between the invention of printing and paper : reasons for the long delay of both : articles used in the place of modern paper before its invention

Pt. 2. The second era of paper-making : hand-made paper from vegetable pulp

Pt. 3. The manufacture of paper by machinery : the manufacture of paper by hand.

Notes:

"Prepared by J.E.A. Smith, and originally published in the pages of The Paper world"--p. [3].

Advertisements of paper-making machinery and paper manufacturers: [5] p. at beginning and [5] p. at end.

Each p. of text surrounded by red border.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 83325.

OCLC:

11