China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)
Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 48
n or thepencil, they made use of an iron style orneedle. They even wrote on metal, andthe curious still preserve some ancientplates, on which the characters are veryneatly traced. The discovery of paper, however, hasbeen long since made. Some Europeans,admiring the fineness of its composition,have… … <^ f i i < ) r^\^ ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 35 not a real paper, which can be writtenupon without the ink running. The Chinese make their paper with thesecond pelHcie of bamboo and someother plants. This paper is of an almostimpalpable fineness, but it is very liableto corruption and moths; the…
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