"BAPH member Ian Christie-Miller has been developing methods and equipment for retrieving and recording watermarks for very many years. His latest book on the subject is a very clear and readable discussion of the processes involved and their potential. This fascinating and readable account of the process of identifying early printed books by analysing the watermarks of the paper used has a justifiable place in every library containing early printed material." -- Peter Bower, The Quarterly "A fascinating and readable account of the process of identifying early printed books by analyzing the watermarks of the paper used. The first section of this book deals with security and explains how a book can be uniquely identified; the digital 'fingerprint' ensures that a particular book is categorized as the sole copy with these features. The process is reasonably simple and the method of the implementation is carefully thought through and well described; the remainder of this work recounts interesting research carried out on early books in the Baltic and North German areas. This remarkable work has a justifiable place in every library containing early printed material." --Oscar Graves-Johnston, former International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Chair of Security "Dr.

Christie-Miller's innovative application of digitaltechnology to the study of watermarks has increased our understanding of thedistribution and use of paper in early modern Europe, and his book willbe avaluable addition to any library wishing to look more closely at the paper onwhich its fifteenthand sixteenthcentury books were printed." --Katie Sambrook,Head of Special Collections &Engagement, Libraries & Collections, King's College London.