The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer (1882)
Blades, William, 1824-1890 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 126
hen let them fallupon the material, which was always in shallow water. Thewhole of the fibre was thus retained with its length and strengthuninjured. When the pulp was ready it was taken up, in smallquantities, into the hand-mould, and formed into a sheet. Therewould be no difficulty whatever in… … The unevenness in thickness and colour to which the manu-facture was liable at this early period, appears to have necessi-tated a sorting of the sheets after they came from the mill;those nearest to each other in colour and weight being puttogether. This system of selection was adopted…
Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2 · Printing · Incunabula · Printers
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