American watch papers : with a descriptive list of the collection in the American Antiquarian Society / by Dorothea E. Spear.

"Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for October 1951."

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1952 Reprint from the Oct 1951 Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society: The first monograph publication on the subject of watch papers; consisting of a 10 page introduction to the subject and to the collection of watchpapers (in 1951 258 examples, by 2008 grown to nearly 400 examples) in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester Mass [The collection is viewable to researchers by application]. The bulk of the publication (page 14 to 71) consists of a detailed descriptive catalog (alphabetical by name) and description of the 258 watchpapers then in the AAS collection. Has a Geographical Index by state and town.