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Joel Munsell Compiles, Prints and Publishes the First American History of Paper Making

1857
In 1857 Albany, New York, printer, publisher and writer Joel Munsell issued A Chronology of Paper and Paper-Making. This 134-page book was a chronological timeline or outline of the history of paper making throughout the world. It was probably also the first history of paper making in English, and it may have been the first book exclusively devoted to the history of paper making in any language. As such it appears to have found a steady market and steady readership. Of the many books that Munsell wrote this was the one that he saw through the most editions and revisions, ending with the 263-page fifth edition that he publlished in 1876, the title of which was Chronology of the Origin and Progess of Paper and Paper-Making.

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