Watermarks 1450-1850

Watermarks 1450–1850

A ConciseHistoryofPaperinWesternEurope

Authors:Frans Laurentius andTheo Laurentius

Watermarks 1450–1850ofers aconcisehistoryoftheproductionofpaper inWesternEuropefromtheMiddleAges to thenineteenthcentury The researchis basedonwatermarks collectedfromvarious sources in combinationwithotherelements fromthetrade,suchas decorated paperandreamwrappers.This bookincludes reproductions ofca.seven hundredwatermarks

Frans andTheo Laurentius havepublishedtwo morebooks onthetopic inthis samebookseries:ItalianWatermarks 1750–1860(2016),and Watermarks inPaper from theSouth-West ofFrance,1560–1860 (2018).In 2007/2008theypublishedWatermarks (1600–1650)FoundintheZeeland Archives andWatermarks (1650–1700)FoundintheZeelandArchives

Pages: viii,310pp:708 ills.

Language: English

Publisher: Brill

Series:

LibraryoftheWritten

Word,Volume:98

LibraryoftheWritten

Word- TheHandpress

World,Volume:98

E-Book(PDF)

Publication: 15May2023

ISBN: 978-90-04-50684-8

EUR €24900

Hardback

Publication: 14Jun2023

ISBN: 978-90-04-50683-1

EUR €24900

Subjects

ArtHistory

ConservationStudies

BookHistoryand

Cartography

HistoryoftheBook

History

EarlyModernHistory

BookHistory

Theo Laurentius (b.1936)has beenactiveas apaperresearcherforover ftyyears.Hehas publishedseveralstudies aboutpaperand watermarks

Frans Laurentius,Ph.D.(b.1971)is anarthistorian.Hehas publishedon graphic arts,dutchpotteryandwatermarks.

Readership

Allinterestedinpaper,watermarks,andeconomic studies.

Keywords:watermarks,reamwrappers,marbledpaper,papersizes

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