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Hunter, Dard (1883–1966), Ohio papermaker and typographer, whose The Etching of Figures (1915) and The Etching of Contemporary Life (1917) are said to be the first books in the history of printing ever produced entirely by one man. His other works include The Art of Bookmaking (1915), Primitive Papermaking (1927), Papermaking Through Eighteen Centuries (1929), Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft (1943), and My Life with Paper (1958).

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Dard Hunter 1883-1966, American printer-publisher, b. Steubenville, Ohio. Hunter is known for his researches and writings on the history and technique of papermaking. From 1938 he was curator of the Dard Hunter Paper Museum, which he founded (see museums of science ). His writings include Papermaking (rev. ed. 1948) and Papermaking by Hand in America (1950).

Bibliography: See his autobiography, My Life with Paper (1958).

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