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Show 2 OLD~PAPERMAKIN to supply the demand rapidly enough. In man French and Italian books, particularly from th seventeenth century, the leaves are bulged in th centres. This is more noticeable in folios and it wa caused by the paper not having been exchanged o g pressed sufficiently and during the drying the weight of th sheets, causing the tobulge inthe centre The drying completed, the old papermakers dipped thei The Vatman. From an engraving i eVe AL e necessary to size th paper so it would b impervious to ink but sizing was more needed i writing, than in printing papers. Many books of th fifteenth century were printed upon paper without being sized as this was not essential for a typ impression The sizing was accomplished by a worker holding a number of sheets by the aid of wooden sticks and dipping the paper into the glutinous liquid. Th Digital image© 2004 Mariot Libary, Universty o Utah. Allright reserved |