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Show PAPERMAKIN paper upon which they were written; these, too, are inexhaustible also labels, proclamations, maps, and charts of the old papermak ers. Then thes are the native Oriental handmade papers, both ol and modern, from China, Japan, Indo-China, and India waiting t e collected, as well as specimens of the barks, grasses, and plant from which they were made, and there are also the hand-beate err mulberry-bar papers of the South Sea Islands, and the mor crudely made bark-papers of South America and Central Africa Should one become a real enthusiast it is interesting to gather th various types of moulds which have been employed in ages pas for the actual forming of sheets of paper throughout the world, als the tools and appliances of the "tapa" makers of the Pacific Island and other strange sections of ca th. The deeper one gets int this mania for assembling "paperiana," the larger the scope seem to become; and the collector, after a number of years of experience begins to realise that a complete assemblage of this particular kin can never be a reality, cither as a public or private endeavour. I ches of bibliomania it may be entirely feasible to acquir all of the first editions of an esteemed author, or a complete grou of authors, or even all the works on aless complicated subject, bu n0 one will ever be able to say that he has gathered under one roo all of the multitudinous material relating to the apparently limited subject of Paper In giving an account of the most important books in this category it will not be possible to venture beyond the year 1800, an enly Occidental works will be noted. The greatest and most prize of all works relating to this subject is a manuscript by Ulma Stromer in the German National Museum in Niirnberg, and n matter how ardent or enthusiastitic the collector may become, h must be content with a photographic facsimile of this rare volume for it will probably always,as i rightly should, remain in the cit of its origin. It would be hard to speculate as to what this diary o Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |