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Show toRobert Harley, Earl of Oxford, The letter is in regard to a collection o paper Wanley had formed and reads as follows: ". . . This collection o shreads and scraps of old parch‘ment makes me bold to mentio toyou, Sir, anotherlike collectio of paper that I have made whe Twaslastin London, ThisI hav put together in two volumes o which Iventure togive yousom account. (These two volumes boundinone book, now form th Sloane Manuscript No. 526, i the British Museum. "The first volume contains Some of dur countrey commo brown, grey, blue, red, and blac paper. Some Eastern paper writtenuponin theEast Indies, Persia Turkey, and China, and som Chinese paper printed upon. ... "The other volume contains collection of sheets and pieces o ‘white European paper whichar plac'd according to their severa marks and stamps. The reaso why I gathered them togethe ‘was not only to satisfy my curiosity, in knowing what sort o paper is in use among so man The title-page of Pappiermachernations, or o please myself orm Kunst, a rare book on paper- friends with looking on the fin ‘making, describe on page 22 colours, etc., but to know whethe they would confirm a notion have of the originall of our paper, which, tome, they do. And further, thought that some time or other the history of paper might be attempted and with so much the more hope of success, when the author, whoeve e may be, has before his eyes mos of the sorts of that subject that he i to treat about. BAGFORD, JOHN, 16751715 In 707 Bagford published in the Philosophical Translations:"A proposa for a history of printing, printers, illuminators, and papermaking; on subscription 10 shillings, and 10 shillings more on delivery of avolume in folio a ‘Digital mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |