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Early American papermaking : two treatises on manufacturing techniques, reprinted from James Cutbush's American artist's manual (1814)

Title
Early American papermaking : two treatises on manufacturing techniques, reprinted from James Cutbush's American artist's manual (1814) / with an introduction by John Bidwell.
Publication
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Books, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Bidwell, John, 1949-
  • Cutbush, James, 1788-1823.
  • Joshua & Thomas Gilpin (Firm)
Description
90 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
American artist's manual. Selections. 1990.
Subject
  • Papermaking
  • Wallpaper
  • Paper industry > United States > History
  • Papermaking > United States > History
  • Decorative paper
  • Stationery
  • Leaf books > Specimens
Note
  • With ill. and decorations (printed in red) adapted by the printer, Henry Morris, chiefly from early American watermarks.
  • Leaf of machine-made paper from Joshua & Thomas Gilpin's Brandywine Paper Mill (from the Atlantic souvenir, 1829) mounted on p. [52].
  • Binding, publisher's, by Campbell-Logan Bindery, of quarter red cloth and gray paper boards.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
Schlosser 943
ISBN
0938768239
OCLC
  • 23352927
  • NYPG91-B24168
Title
Early American papermaking : two treatises on manufacturing techniques, reprinted from James Cutbush's American artist's manual (1814) / with an introduction by John Bidwell.
Imprint
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Books, 1990.
Original Version
Facsimile reprint (p. [57]-83). Originally issued as the articles "Paper, Bleaching of"; "Paper-hangings"; "Paper-making" in: The American artist's manual, or, Dictionary of practical knowledge in the application of philosophy to the arts and manufactures / selected ... by James Cutbush. Vol. 2. Philadelphia : Johnson & Warner, and R. Fisher, 1814.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
No. 63 of 180 copies printed on Frankfurt paper at the Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, Pa.
Local Subject
Graphic processes paper.
Paper -- Bleaching.
Paper, Machine-made -- Specimens.
Added Author
Bidwell, John, 1949-
Cutbush, James, 1788-1823.
Joshua & Thomas Gilpin (Firm)
Added Title
American artist's manual. Selections. 1990.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 943
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