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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

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek