216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1958, through a series of lively biographies of men important in the history of printing – Gutenberg, Caxton, Baskerville, Caslon, Senefelder, Koenig, Mergenthaler, and Lanston – Pioneers in Printing traces the growth and development of the craft of printing from its invention in the fifteenth century to modern times. The aim of the book is not to recount the... Read more
Preface. Johann Gutenberg and the Invention of Printing. William Caxton. William Caslon. John Baskerville. Senefelder and the Invention of Lithography. The Printing Machine and Frederick Koenig. The Advent of the Composing Machine. Mergenthaler and the Invention of the Linotype. Tolbert Lanston and the Monotype. Index.
Biography
Seán Jennett (1912–1981) was a typographer, book editor, and author of travel books. He was also a published poet.
