{"product_id":"too-good-to-waste-recycling-paper-in-the-eighteenth-century-9781851246533","title":"Too Good to Waste: Recycling Paper in the Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amélie Junqua | Geoffrey Day\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - Georgian Era (1714-1837)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe incredible history of paper recycling in eighteenth-century England.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paper was a precious commodity in the eighteenth century, with every sheet being made by hand. There was, therefore, a significant demand for recycling substandard paper from mills as well as discarded proofs and sheets from printers and booksellers for secondary use, alongside a robust black market of stealing and receiving stolen paper. A single piece of paper could be termed \"waste\" and yet sold for cash three times in succession, on each occasion performing a useful function. The end user would keep the newly purchased \"waste\" in a special drawer from which it would be taken for a myriad household purposes, including cooking, needlework, decoration, and hygiene. Popular satirical prints depicted explicit paper uses, while creators of flamboyant papier m�ch� ceilings concealed the material by gilding it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With over one hundred illustrations--and drawing on letters from a range of people from farmers to notable authors and members of the aristocracy--together with meticulous archival research, \u003ci\u003eToo Good to Waste\u003c\/i\u003e traces the extraordinary history of ingenious paper recycling in eighteenth-century England. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47966590435479,"sku":"9781851246533","price":12497.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781851246533.webp?v=1782911434","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/too-good-to-waste-recycling-paper-in-the-eighteenth-century-9781851246533","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}