Balston (Thomas) - James Whatman, Father & Son.

James Whatman, Father & Son. By Thomas Balston. First edition, 8vo, pp.xii,170 + ad., inserted plates, London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1957.

Frontispiece and 8 inserted plates, illustrations within the text. Rust cloth with gilt spine titling, printed dust-jacket just a little soiled. A very good copy.

An account of the history and operations of the Whatmans' mills, the greatest paper factory in eighteenth-century England.