The economic revolution in book design that went unnoticed. The case of the Southern Netherlands, 1473–c. 1550
- Joran Proot
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- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9.17
This contribution discusses the evolution of paper thickness of books produced in the Southern Netherlands in the period 1473 until the middle of the sixteenth century. Changing paper thickness is one of the key elements which in all likelihood helped coping with the problem of the rapidly increasing demand for paper by the press. After a description of relevant aspects of the production of hand laid paper and of the resulting morphology of sheets, a methodology is proposed to deal with the problem of establishing paper thickness in bound volumes and further problems dealing with the compression effect and of binding and rebinding are discussed.
- Keywords:
- Hand laid paper,
- paper thickness,
- hand press books,
- early modern period,
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
The economic revolution in book design that went unnoticed. The case of the Southern Netherlands, 1473–c. 1550
Authors
Joran Proot
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9.17
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2023
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L’economia della conoscenza: innovazione, produttività e crescita economica nei secoli XIII-XVIII / The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century
Editors
Giampiero Nigro
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Number of Pages
456
Publication Year
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9
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979-12-215-0091-2
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979-12-215-0092-9
Series Title
Datini Studies in Economic History
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2975-1241
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2975-1195