A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature; Ancient and Modern |
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Page 62
... invention to Aldus Manutius , who , in the year 1490 , erected a printing - office in Venice , where he introduced the Roman types of a neater cut , and invented that beautiful letter which we and most of the nations in Europe know by ...
... invention to Aldus Manutius , who , in the year 1490 , erected a printing - office in Venice , where he introduced the Roman types of a neater cut , and invented that beautiful letter which we and most of the nations in Europe know by ...
Page 92
... invention was well deserving their countenance and encouragement ; and , notwithstanding they had presses not only of the Stanhopean manufacture , but also of several others , yet the properties of Mr. Clymer's Columbian press ...
... invention was well deserving their countenance and encouragement ; and , notwithstanding they had presses not only of the Stanhopean manufacture , but also of several others , yet the properties of Mr. Clymer's Columbian press ...
Page 94
... invention of machinery , for the purposes of printing , first came into operation in England in the year 1814 ; and after many efforts , has now arrived at that state of per- fection which seems to admit of no further improvement either ...
... invention of machinery , for the purposes of printing , first came into operation in England in the year 1814 ; and after many efforts , has now arrived at that state of per- fection which seems to admit of no further improvement either ...
Page 111
... invention constitutes a new era in the art of printing . ON PAPER . The quality of paper is of great consequence in the production of good printing ; but it is too frequently overlooked by all parties . Every pressman of attention ...
... invention constitutes a new era in the art of printing . ON PAPER . The quality of paper is of great consequence in the production of good printing ; but it is too frequently overlooked by all parties . Every pressman of attention ...
Page 112
... invention , made singularly rapid advances to perfection , which may be easily accounted for by the facilities it afforded to the purposes of society , and more especially to the cause of literature ; and the unexampled patronage it ...
... invention , made singularly rapid advances to perfection , which may be easily accounted for by the facilities it afforded to the purposes of society , and more especially to the cause of literature ; and the unexampled patronage it ...
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