Publication : "Italian Watermarks, 1750–1860".

LAURENTIUS Theo et LAURENTIUS Frans, Italian Watermarks, 1750–1860, Leiden, Brill, 2016, 175 p. Présentation de l'éditeur : The knowledge of papermaking spread slowly over Italy from the start of the 13th century. Scholarly interest in the history of Italian paper manufacture has concentrated especially on the earliest period. Research into Italian paper from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries has lagged somewhat behind. Watermarks are extremely important for investigating the origins of pape..