Koops´ rare book on paper substances 1801
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Beskrivning
PAPER. FIRST BOOK PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER IN THE WEST WITH APPENDIX ON PAPER MADE OF WOOD. KOOPS, MATTHIAS. Historical Account of the Substances which have been used to describe Events, and to convey Ideas, from the earliest Date to the Invention of Paper. Second edition. London (printed by Jaques and Co.) 1801.
8:o. (2), (3), iv-vi, (1), 8-273, (1 blank) pp. Engraved frontispiece ("The Egyptian Papyrus...", lower margin repaired, browned).
Contemporary brown half calf, rebacked, gilt spine, marbled boards. Title with som small "needle-holes".
Originally published in 1800 (se item ....), this is the second, revised and much enlarged edition, the issue printed on "paper re-made from old printed and written paper" (pp 1-258) and paper made from wood alone (pp. 259-274).
In 1800 and 1801 the Great Seal patent Office, London, granted three patents to Matthias Koops. The first was for the extraction of printing and writing ink from paper before repulping. The second and third patents covered the manufacture of paper from straw, hay, thistles, waste and refuse of hemp and flax and different kinds of wood and bark, This first edition of Koops' Historical Account... reveals that Koops had an impressive knowledge of the history of papermaking and this enlarged 2nd edition also contains a history of writing. The book provides much statistical information on the current state of the paper industry in Britain and elsewhere in Europe. "However, his main purpose was to publicise his own patents by demonstrating that his straw, wood, and re-made papers were suitable for printing. Also he presents his case for preventing foreigners from gaining access to the specification of his patents and making use of them freely on the Continent, where they were not protected" (Crocker).
Alan Crocker: "A study of Matthias Koops' book on the history of papermaking", in: Paper as a medium of cultural heritage, 2004, S. 73-85, Dard Hunter. Papermaking. The History and Technique of an ancient craft, New York 1942, pp. 251-256 and p. 306.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6145
Datum:
2015-06-16