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The Whatmans and Wove Paper

  • John Balston, author of The Whatmans and Wove Paper
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About wove paper

  • The origins of papermaking in Europe and England
  • The Whatman family in the Eighteenth Century
  • Wire-cloth, the basis for wove paper
  • John Baskerville, who printed on wove paper 1757
  • The Genesis of Modern Drawing Paper
  • Alum in high quality gelatine-sized paper

Extracts from John Balston's books

  • Paper before papermaking machines
  • The Papermaking Process
  • Rags used for making White Paper - Flax
  • The early history of alum
    • The history of alum in England
    • Alum in hand-made paper
  • Papermaking families in 18th century Kent
  • The origins of modern drawing paper

Reviews of The Whatmans and Wove Paper

  • Reviews of The Elder James Whatman

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