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  • Elevation of a iron mill (top), elevation of the equipment for staining papers (bottom): both lettered for a key. Engraving by S. Porter, 1806, after J. Farey the younger.
  • Elevation of a paper mill (top), elevation of the equipment for staining papers (bottom): both lettered for a key. Engraving by S. Porter, 1806, after J. Farey the younger.
  • An ink fountain pen next to an unfolded piece of writing paper bearing the German words "I/you/he/they ... can't get AIDS from kissing" with the words "AIDS affects us all" circled in the middle; an advertisement for condoms as a protection against AIDS by the German Ministry of Health. Colour lithograph by Marat.
  • Paper making machine: a schematic side elevation (top), and a bird's-eye view (below), both lettered for a key. Engraving.
  • A water-driven paper mill on the left hand side: with workmen on the right hand side making sheets of paper, and laying them in a press, all parts lettered for a key. Engraving, 1752.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Book impositions, 1956.

    British Federation of Master Printers | Date: [1956]
    • Books

    Conservation of paintings and the graphic arts : preprints of contributions to the Lisbon Congress, 1972, 9-14 October 1972.

    International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. | Date: [1972]
    • Pictures

    A workshop for the production of marbled papers: workmen variously grinding colours, dipping and combing papers, hanging sheets to dry on a line (top), equipment (below), the whole lettered and numbered for a key. Engraving by Prevost.

    | Reference: 40504i
    • Books

    Electron microscopy of pulp and paper / R.A. Parham.

    Parham, Russell A | Date: [1974]
    • Books

    Chinese decorated papers : chinoiserie for three / Hans Schmoller, Tanya Schmoller, Henry Morris.

    Schmoller, Hans. | Date: 1987
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