Eric Le Collen's book 'Feder, Tinte und Papier' covers not only writing instruments and their makers but also tells the history of writing from antiquity through the Middle Ages to the present, including associated writing models and accessories. It is divided into the sections Writing Companions, A Thousand Years of the Goose Quill, Of Ink and Paper, The Steel Nib, The School of Writing, The Fountain Pen as American Dream, The Ballpoint Generation and Useful and Worth Knowing. In the last section numerous addresses of collectors, museums, clubs, auction houses, repair and restoration workshops and writing-instrument shops from Germany, France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Austria are listed. The richly illustrated book appeared in 1999 from Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim (ISBN 3-8067-2860-7).