Paper Dealer Georges Olmer Explains Available Machine-Made Papers for Printing and their Costs

One of the earliest available books on machine-made papers and their costs, of which I was aware when I wrote this entry in 2021, was George Olmer's Du papier méchanique et de ses apprêts dans les diverse impressions. Olmer, who undoubtedly sold paper to printers, dedicated this book to master printer Jules Claye, who was 76 years old at the time, and probably a long-time client of Olmer. He devoted most of his text to explaining uses of different papers for special printing applications. Because of the extensive charts of prices occupying pp. 78-86 at the back of the book it appears to be a high-class sale catalogue. Notice that Olmer sold paper by the 100 kilos.