Re: [BKARTS] Switzerland and Brussels

[Judith Delgado <delgadojx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, David!  When I was in the Czech Republic
several years ago, I tried to drag my family to a
papermaking facility, but they rebeled!  This time,
I'll be on my own and can do whatever I want!

Judi

--- Claire Bolton <AlembicPrs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In Basle, be sure to visit the Basle Paper Museum.
> Not only do they still 
> make paper, they also cast type and sell books.
> 
> In Belgium, try to visit the Plantin-Moretus Museum
> in Antwerp. Examples of 
> early books, presses and typecasting.
> 
> All good for knowledge about what books and printing
> are/were really all 
> about.
> 
> David Bolton
> www.alembicpress.co.uk
> 
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