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Show 20 PAPERMAKIN BY HAN IN AMERIC coarse paper of early Dutch labelswould :uggcn (hatun!ra{ncd workef gained t]\eumlllalexpenenceas vatmen {nforming this particulargrad of paper, (ntend ly to protect the reams 5 pape £ and be destroye e zAmerimnpapermxllsef!hes(-venteenth1nde{ hteenthcentur didnotuse labels a leastno Armerian printed abels rom thisperc do 5 to Hstorteepesmilyothtngckoumot theaxgindt equipmento buildingfn which it was houseds even the exact locatfon of the mfll ‘mains u; de termine The lxbe!xu;edbylhenineteenth{zmuryAmeflcanhandmadepfll mills are usuallyof a pictorfal nature, and for the most part they'z exceedingl wlldzugnedznde ecuted. Thxscoulde;pedanybesai the more than half dozen label blocks that were the work of Americi flrxtwoudengrav Doctor Alexan de Anderson (1775-1870), d,sctp of his English contemporary, Thomas Bewrick (1753-1828). Man f th "‘American labels depict the {hterfors and exteriors of the mills d" from thes priotsthat the best conception ofealy nin cteenth.ce paper mill architectur may be derfved The printe labels emploe [nwrapp[ng(heq irexandreamsofAm erican paj erwemaxxho((-lf" ‘were thefr European counterparts; each yearthe labels become ¢ difficulnopmurea therefore more costly urcollectianofUfl" the reproductfon of the old Amerfcan paper labels tippe on the PiEE following, we haveused the same typeand toneof paperas theorfgin i the fesimilesate printed fnthe ame coloizo taland fn the pr;portiomof(hemlg(al specimens r the privilegeof freproduc(ngthepaperlabelsuxed1nth£sboDk areindebte to the following lfbrarfes: American Antiquarian Socie® I z .. Glpfn, Jr., Wiimington; Delaware, Mr. Ray N Hanover, New Hampshire, and Mr.1. Warshaw, New York City |
