Gaskell (p. 73) lists the largest dimensions for the late 18th century as 70
x 49 cm., super royal, England, 1781. A larger size was made mid-eighteenth
century in France, 86 x 57.5 cm., imperial.
Kate Moriarty
Rare Book Collection
UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-1143
----- Original Message -----
From: "Everett Wilkie" <ewilkie@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:32 PM
Subject: Paper sizes
> I regret that I am in a position where I cannot check on this myself for
> lack of reference books and for lack of sufficient memory to recall the
> answer. At any rate, could somebody look in Gaskell or one of them and
tell
> me the maximum size of a sheet of paper (in centimeters) in the late
> eighteenth/early nineteenth century? I'm interested in the dimensions of
> the largest sheet of paper that could be made from a single mould.
>
> Thanks.
>
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