Author: GRAVELL, THOMAS L.
Title: American watermarks 1690-1835 / Thomas L. Gravell & George Miller ; revised with the assistance of Elizabeth A. Walsh ; foreword by Keith Arbour
Description: New Castle. Del. : Oak Knoll Press 2002. 2nd Edition revised and expanded. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 363 pages; Description: xxxii. 363 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Rev. Ed. Of: A catalogue of American watermarks. 1690-1835. New York : Garland Pub.1979. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-327) and indexes. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Watermarks --Catalogs. Papermaking --United States --History. Summary: This new edition. revised with the assistance of Elizabeth Walsh of the Folger Shakespear Library. incorporates enhanced illustrations of all the original 700 watermark photographs. and adds more than 320 new watermarks found by Mr. Gravell during the past twenty years. In all. 1.057 watermarks have now been computer enhanced and triple-indexed for better identification. This new corpus of research includes revised and updated papermill histories. an updated bibliography. a new glossary of papermaking. and new name. geographic. and iconographic indexes.A new foreword by Keith Arbour recounts Thomas Gravell's contributions to paper history.Weight in Kg appr.:

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