Bible paper is a thin grade of
woodfree uncoated paper which often contains
cotton or
linen fibres to increase its strength in spite of its thinness. It is commonly used to print Bibles and other books with hundreds or thousands of pages in more compact forms than would be possible with thicker
book paper. Examples include
reference works such as dictionaries,
encyclopedias, and
thesauruses, as well as some
anthologies or
collections of
literature like the
Bibliothèque de la Pléiade and
publishers' series like the
pocket edition volumes of the ''
Collector's Library. The Norton Anthology of English Literature is known for its use of Bible paper, which an essayist for The New York Times'' described as "wispy
cigarette paper." Bible paper is also erroneously called
India paper. == See also ==