Accession number
PML 129707
Creator
Schäffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790.
Published
Regensburg : [s.n.], 1765.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Wightman has 2 vols. bound in 1.
Dedications to King George III of England in English.
Half title: D. Jacob Christian Schäffers Muster und Versuche Papier zu machen.
Signatures: v. 1: pi² )(⁴ A-G⁴; v. 2: pi² A-D⁴ E² chi1.
Illustrations: 6 prints : engraving, col. (1), hand col. (5); plate mark 17 x 14 cm. By J.N. Maag (4) and G.P. Trauber (2). Comprise one engraving printed in brown and red-orange, after a design by the author (subject: putti making paper) and 5 hand-col. engravings, after Loibel (subject: plant sources of non-rag paper).
Samples comprise full-page specimens of paper made from various materials: wood and/or bark of beech, willow, aspen, hops, grapevines, mulberry, clematis and nettles; various mosses; poplar seed down; hemp chaff; straw; aloe leaves and tree leaves; cattails; cabbage stalks; wasps' nests; sawdust; and mixtures of scraps from the various other experimental papers.
Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
Dedications to King George III of England in English.
Half title: D. Jacob Christian Schäffers Muster und Versuche Papier zu machen.
Signatures: v. 1: pi² )(⁴ A-G⁴; v. 2: pi² A-D⁴ E² chi1.
Illustrations: 6 prints : engraving, col. (1), hand col. (5); plate mark 17 x 14 cm. By J.N. Maag (4) and G.P. Trauber (2). Comprise one engraving printed in brown and red-orange, after a design by the author (subject: putti making paper) and 5 hand-col. engravings, after Loibel (subject: plant sources of non-rag paper).
Samples comprise full-page specimens of paper made from various materials: wood and/or bark of beech, willow, aspen, hops, grapevines, mulberry, clematis and nettles; various mosses; poplar seed down; hemp chaff; straw; aloe leaves and tree leaves; cattails; cabbage stalks; wasps' nests; sawdust; and mixtures of scraps from the various other experimental papers.
Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
Description
2 v. ([12], 54, [2] p., [15] leaves, [1], IV leaves of plates; [12], 28, [2] p., [19] leaves, [1] leaf of plates) : ill. (some col.), 34 samples ; 19 cm (4to)
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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