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Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution At the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Rosenband, Leonard N
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801863929
- ISBN 13
- 9780801863929
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Baltimore And London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0801863929 . A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a Fine dust-jacket that bears a few soil marks; Papermaking in eighteenth-century France was a complex and labor-intensive process. The Montgolfier mill in Nîmes, France, was one of the largest and most advanced paper mills of its time. The mill was managed by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and his sons, and it was a major producer of paper for the French government and the Catholic Church. The papermaking process involved a number of steps, including making paper from rags, beating and wetting the rags to make them soft, cutting them into thin sheets, and setting the sheets into a press. Workers used a variety of tools and machines to perform these tasks. The papermaking process was a major source of labor for the mill workers. The mill also depended on a large number of laborers to operate the machinery and to pick the paper pulp. The papermaking process was a major source of labor for the mill workers. The mill also depended on a large number of laborers to operate the machinery and to; 8vo; 210 pages .
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- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
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- Title
- Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution At the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Rosenband, Leonard N
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0801863929
- ISBN 13
- 9780801863929
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore And London
- Date Published
- 2000
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