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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 171529, member: 25"]It must be on laid paper. That is paper made by laying the pulp on a fine wire grille or mesh to dry, this leaves characterisic lines across the paper. This was superseded by 'wove' paper in the late 18th C, wove does not have the typical lines. There may also be a watermark from the papermaker.</p><p><br /></p><p>Often but not always maps were issed in atlases, it is almost always 2 sheets found joined at the middle. What does the back look like. Are there plate marks? (printing impression outline.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 171529, member: 25"]It must be on laid paper. That is paper made by laying the pulp on a fine wire grille or mesh to dry, this leaves characterisic lines across the paper. This was superseded by 'wove' paper in the late 18th C, wove does not have the typical lines. There may also be a watermark from the papermaker. Often but not always maps were issed in atlases, it is almost always 2 sheets found joined at the middle. What does the back look like. Are there plate marks? (printing impression outline.)[/QUOTE]
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