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Historical account of the substances which have been used to describe events, and to convey ideas, from the earliest date to the invention of paper

Title: Historical account of the substances which have been used to describe events, and to convey ideas, from the earliest date to the invention of paper / by Matthias Koops, Esq.
Author: Koops, Matthias.
Publication: London : Printed by Jaques and Co. ..., 1801.

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Additional Authors

Neckinger Mill.

Description

[2], vi, [7]-273, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 21 cm. (8vo)

Subject

Note

"Printed on paper re-made from old printed and written paper." Appendix (p. 259-273) printed on wood pulp paper; both kinds are wove paper.
Issued also on straw paper.
Paper for both issues manufactured at the Neckinger Mill, Bermondsey, according to patents granted to the author, 1800-1801. Cf. dedication, p. [iii-iv]; p. 250-252; Hunter, p. [48].
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁸ R⁴ S² T-U⁴.
Illustrations: 1 print : etching ; full-page. Subject: papyrus; after the ill. in De plantis Aegypti / Prosper Alpini (Venice, 1592), p. 43.

Indexed In (note)

Bigmore & Wyman
Labarre, E.J. Paper-making (2nd ed.)
Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking

Call Number

Schlosser 433

LCCN

24008719 //rev.

OCLC

6930897
NYPG89-B49800

Author

Koops, Matthias.

Title

Historical account of the substances which have been used to describe events, and to convey ideas, from the earliest date to the invention of paper / by Matthias Koops, Esq.

Imprint

London : Printed by Jaques and Co. ..., 1801.

Edition

Second edition.

Indexed In:

Bigmore & Wyman, I, p. 399

Labarre, E.J. Paper-making (2nd ed.), p. xiii, no. 67

Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking, p. 47-[48]

Local Note

Provenance: Typographic Library and Museum of the American Typefounders Company (shelf label).

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Local Subject

Waste paper, Recycled -- Specimens.

Paper, Wood-pulp -- Specimens.

Paper, Experimental -- Specimens.

Added Author

Neckinger Mill.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 433

*KF 1801 (Koops, M. Historical account of the substances)

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