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Title

 Gluing sheets of paper, late 17th century


Creator

 Lalande, Jérome de (auteur/author)


Year

 1698


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 32 x 21,5 cm.


Related term

 papiermaken, lijmen


Period

 17e eeuw, 18e eeuw


Classification

 B: Schriftdragers, inkt


Content

 Paper had to be glued before it could be written on. The basis for this glue was animal offal boiled in copper kettles, diluted with water and supplemented with an alum solution. This had to be kept warm on a fire. A few sheets of paper, clamped between thin wooden slats, were dipped into the glue and quickly taken outand subsequently pressed again to get rid of the excess glue.


Original

 Lalande, [Jérome de]. - L'art de faire le papier, [Parijs, na 1761], pl. XII


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag PC.A 210


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek