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Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42422.3.5
People
Jacob Christian Schäffer, German (1718 - 1790)
Title
Neue Versuche und Muster das Pflanzenreich zum Papiermachen und andern Sachen wirthschaftsnützlich zu gebrauchen (New Experiments and Samples of Paper Made without Rags or at Least a Small Addition of Those Materials) (vol. 5)
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
1765-67
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376544

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Full leather binding with blind tooling on boards and board edges. Gold tooling on spine. Blue stuck-on endbands. Text block consists of multiple types of paper and media. First half of text block consists of cream laid handmade paper with black printing ink on recto and verso. First leaf consists of etching printed with blue printing ink. Several handcolored etchings bound in. Second half of text block consists of a variety of paper types (colors, textures, weights) with black printing ink on recto only. Several textile fragments bound in, including a few printed textile fragments. All edges of text block trimmed and colored red.
Dimensions
overall: 19.3 × 16.2 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University, Houghton Library, Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
Object Number
TL42422.3.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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