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    July i, 1886 The Publishers' Circular 74...

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    July I, 1886 The Publishers' Circular 74...

    July i , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 745

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    Qxfoxb ^ llniocrsiip ] 2 fr ess . OXFORD EDITIONS OF BIBLES & PRAYER BOOKS . PRINTED UPON THIN INDIA PAPER , are especially recommended to the Notice of -A-XjXj IBUBXjIE STTTIDIEJIfcTTS . i t been ' These produced books at are any not price onl . y They beautiful are , all they printed are curiosities upon very , and thin but Indian a few paper years , opaque ago could , very not leg hare ible and very light . '—Bookseller , Christmas 1883 . ' The texture of the paper is so fine that tEe volumes are reduced to the smallest bulk which can possibly be attained . '—Publishers' Circular , Christmas 1883 . The India paper used for the Oxford Thin Editions of Bibles and Prayer Books is a speciality of the Oxford University Press , and is used exclusively for Oxford Books . Its characteristics are extreme opaqueness , great toughness , softness , and an agreeable tone . The strength and flexibility of the fibre are so great that the paper may I be used for years without becoming injured by wear ; and the material is so opaque that it can be made to a degree of thinness only limited by the possibilities of printing , In the case of some books 22 , ^ four hundred and eighty sheets , each measuring 17 ^ x inches , weigh altogether only seven pounds ; and yet this paper is beautifully soft to the touch , strong enough to bear a great strain , and of such opaqueness that the impression on one side does not show through when the other side is being read . The Oxford India paper has been manufactured in order to meet the popular demand for thin books , and is admitted to be without a rival . I London : HENRY FROWDE , Oxford University Press Warehouse , Amen Corner , E . G . D

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 745, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/27/