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Textiles: men working at large fabric printing machines. Engraving.

A log cabin, which housed the first printing press at the head of Lake Superior. Process print after a lithograph of 1855.

A printing press: seen from the side. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Printing. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Printing: three-quarter view and details of the Bramah numerator press for banknote production. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.

Eighteenth-century Williamsburg imprints / compiled by Susan Stromei Berg.

Book impositions, 1956.

Enrico Martínez : cosmógrafo e impresor de Nueva España / Francisco de la Maza ; con adiciones de Francisco González de Cossío.

Who was William Caxton? : a lecture / given by H.W. Larken.

La imprenta en Guadalajara de México, 1793-1821 / por J.T. Medina.

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Eighteenth-century Williamsburg imprints / compiled by Susan Stromei Berg.

Book impositions, 1956.

Enrico Martínez : cosmógrafo e impresor de Nueva España / Francisco de la Maza ; con adiciones de Francisco González de Cossío.

Who was William Caxton? : a lecture / given by H.W. Larken.

La imprenta en Guadalajara de México, 1793-1821 / por J.T. Medina.