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Printing

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Images

  • 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.
  • A woman personifying printing crowning a naked boy with a golden serpent. Coloured engraving by E. J. Roberts after Richter.
  • Men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving. 18--, after Stradanus, ca.1580.
  • Printing. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A printing press, for copper plates, with many details. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Typesetters at work, putting type into composing-sticks (above), type, spaces, a composing-stick, and a forme (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
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Works

    • Books

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

    Maza, Francisco de la, 1913-1972 | Date: 1991
  • view The Ars moriendi (editio princeps, circa 1450) : a reproduction of the copy in the British Museum / edited by W.H. Rylands ; with an introduction by George Bullen.
    • Books
    • Online

    The Ars moriendi (editio princeps, circa 1450) : a reproduction of the copy in the British Museum / edited by W.H. Rylands ; with an introduction by George Bullen.

    | Date: 1881
  • view Techniques for engraving maps (top), and musical notation (below): tools shown between. Engraving by Defehrt (maps) and Madame de Lusse (music).
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    Techniques for engraving maps (top), and musical notation (below): tools shown between. Engraving by Defehrt (maps) and Madame de Lusse (music).

    | Reference: 40512i
  • view The printers, stationers and book-binders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535 / by E. Gordon Duff.
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    The printers, stationers and book-binders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535 / by E. Gordon Duff.

    Duff, E. Gordon (Edward Gordon), 1863-1924. | Date: 1906
    • Books

    Encyclopedia of printing, photographic, and photomechanical processes : containing invaluable information on over 1500 processes / by Luis Nadeau.

    Nadeau, Luis | Date: 1994
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