Paper ABCs - A Dictionary of Know-How

Omnipresent in our lives, even in the digital age, paper is rich in a history and a thousand-year-old tradition. Specialists in the field, in France and in Japan, compile in the pages of this work all of their technical and practical knowledge about this emblematic material. In the form of a dictionary, the book reveals the secrets of manufacturing and of paper usage across time and space. An unprecedented exploration of an exceptional material - 248 terms explained - 110 illustrations - A major Franco-Japanese study on paper know-how - A work that combines science, technology and history - Precise information punctuated with anecdotes - An analysis of handmade papers and machine-made papers