De luxe edition, number 271 out of 405.
The first English translation of 'Art de Faire le Papier' by Joseph Jerome La Francais de Lalande, Paris 1761.

”The Academy had chosen the right man to compile the text ‘The Art of Paper Making.’ He was not a professional expert, but he was a scientist, trained to observe and to report. He visited paper mills personally, but he was wise enough to seek help of men who had lived all their life among paper makers, in different parts of France.”

Translated into English by Richard MacIntyre Atkinson.
Signed by the printer Paul Kavanagh and by the paper-maker/publisher Ian O'Casey. (see last page).

270mm x 374mm

R4,500