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Show the various appliances that were used in making paper. In plate 17 th construction of the pressesisshown, also the distribution of the hair rope upon which paper was hung to dry. Plate 18 (reproduced below) gives en Thefirst Dutch engravingof the Hollander. From Groo Volkomen Moolenboek, Amsterdam, 1734-36 gravings of Hollanders, or beating engines, which were used for the pre paration of papermaking material. This was the first presentation of thes machines in the country of their invention. Plate 19 depicts a windmil with the Hollanders in such a position that the maximum amount of rag could have been beaten by the limited power of the wind LEWIS, JOHN, 1675-1747 The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent; the Firs Printer in England. In which is given An Account of the Rise and Prog ress of the Art of Pryntyng in England, during his Time, ill 1493 London, 1737. 13x22 cm This was the earliest English book to take notice of watermarks Tw full-page plates are devoted to reproductions of twenty papermarks tha were used in the paper upon which the books of Caxton were printed from 1477 to 1490. The marks include such devices as shields, animals shears, bulls' heads; also a crown, a hand, a ship, and the letter P, whic is common in Caxton's books, probably the initial of Philip the Good 2 Digital mage© 2005 Marriot Lib of Utah, Al rights ressrved |
