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.

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

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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.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 32.6 x 21.6 cm

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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The printers, stationers and book-binders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535 / by E. Gordon Duff.

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

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

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.

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

The printers, stationers and book-binders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535 / by E. Gordon Duff.

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

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

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.

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

The printers, stationers and book-binders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535 / by E. Gordon Duff.

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

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