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[PAPERMAKING]. PROTEAUX, A. Practical Guide for the Manufacture of Paper and Boards… Translated from the French with Notes by Horatio Paine, A. B., M. D… Philadelphia: Henry Carey Barid, 1866. 8vo. Illustrated with 6 plates, 5 of which are folding. 292, [23, ads] pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, boards paneled in blind, spine stamped in gilt (a few repairs to spine and front joint, spine toned and chipped, joints just starting, some rubbing, soiling to boards, hinges starting, text toned with some occasional dampstaining to lower corner, previous owner's signature on front blank, title-page and rfep.). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TECHINCAL BOOK ON PAPERMAKING TO BE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. This title has an early printed article on making paper from wood pulp.