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Show EARL WRITER 8 ing in England considered watermarks of suffcient significance t devote two pages of reproductions to them. The marks chosen b Ames are the same as those depicted by John Lewis about ten year carlicr. Both Lewis and Ames term these devices "papermarks and not "watermarks," an appellation not in use in English unti about 1790 first book of trades in the English language which embraced the art of papermaking appeared in 1747," and was founde on the much earlier works of the same kind in German an Dutch. These books were compiled for the benefit of young me in search ofa craft or calling, and gave an outline of cach occupation, the length of the apprenticeship, the daily hours of work, an above all, the requirements of the master who operated the mil o shop. Toward the close of the eighteenth century these little book of trades became quite common, in fact, so common that I shal not enumerate them; there are probably fifty such items in m collec n One of the important Dutch books which deal with papermaking was issued in Amsterdam in 1761* and was founded on th carlier work of Leendert van Natrus. The author of this late work, Johannis van Zyl, was an authority on windmill construction, and most of the volume is devoted to that subyec\ There are however, six engravings relative to the art of papermaking, wit four pages of explanatory text, giving a complete account of th craft as it was practiced at that time. In this same year (1761), th most complete treatise on the art of papermaking which had up t clean.sh data import.tsv out README A general description of all Trades, digested in alphabetical order; by whic Fucas, Chi, o it g eE able to the Capacity, Education, Inclination, SR Carc. London, 1747. 10%1 2 Theatrum Machinarum Universale of Groot Algemeen Moolen-Bock, de Beschryving en Afbecldinge hande soorten van 2 M Moolens Koper gebragt door Jan Schenk. Amsterdam, 1761. 38 x 54 cm Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |