Accession number
PML 129708
Creator
Schäffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790.
Published
Regensburg : [s.n.], 1765-1767.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Wightman has vols. 1 and 2 bound in 1.
Signatures: v. 1: pi² )(⁴ A-D⁴ chi1; v. 2: )(⁴ A-C⁴ chi1; v. 3: [A]⁴ ([A]3+"A3.4") B-C⁴ chi1.
Illustrations: 9 prints : engraving, 3 hand col. ; plate mark 18 x 19 cm. (2) and 17 x 13 cm. (7). Comprise one engraving by J.N. Maag after J.F. Franck printed in dark blue-green (subject: putti harvesting poplar seed down), 3 hand-col. engravings (subject: plant sources of non-rag paper), and 5 engravings on folded leaves (subject: papermaking machinery).
Samples, chiefly full-page, comprise specimens of paper made from various materials: down of the seeds of cotton grass, thistles and milkweed; stalks of thistles, burdock, mallow, orache and dyer's broom; pine wood and pinecones; wood and bark of wormwood; lily of the valley leaves; stalks, leaves and husks of maize; skin and pulp of potatoes; conferva; grapevines; asbestos; peat; mixtures of scraps from the various other experimental papers. Included also are 4 samples of cloth made from poplar seed down and 2 samples of lace made from aloe leaf fibers. Some samples in v. 3 painted to show suitability of the paper for use as wallpaper, etc.
Woodcut tailpieces.
Signatures: v. 1: pi² )(⁴ A-D⁴ chi1; v. 2: )(⁴ A-C⁴ chi1; v. 3: [A]⁴ ([A]3+"A3.4") B-C⁴ chi1.
Illustrations: 9 prints : engraving, 3 hand col. ; plate mark 18 x 19 cm. (2) and 17 x 13 cm. (7). Comprise one engraving by J.N. Maag after J.F. Franck printed in dark blue-green (subject: putti harvesting poplar seed down), 3 hand-col. engravings (subject: plant sources of non-rag paper), and 5 engravings on folded leaves (subject: papermaking machinery).
Samples, chiefly full-page, comprise specimens of paper made from various materials: down of the seeds of cotton grass, thistles and milkweed; stalks of thistles, burdock, mallow, orache and dyer's broom; pine wood and pinecones; wood and bark of wormwood; lily of the valley leaves; stalks, leaves and husks of maize; skin and pulp of potatoes; conferva; grapevines; asbestos; peat; mixtures of scraps from the various other experimental papers. Included also are 4 samples of cloth made from poplar seed down and 2 samples of lace made from aloe leaf fibers. Some samples in v. 3 painted to show suitability of the paper for use as wallpaper, etc.
Woodcut tailpieces.
Description
3 v. ([12], 32, [2] p., [17] leaves, [1], II leaves of plates; [8], 24, [2] p., [13] leaves, I leaf of plates; [4], 22, [4] p., [8] leaves, V folded leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), 44 samples (10 mounted) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
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