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    Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 24 September 2025

    • ISBN 9781041108894
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages216 pages
    • Size 216x138 mm
    • Weight 590 g
    • Language English
    • 698

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    Short description:

    First 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 15th century to modern times.

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    Long description:

    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 technicalities of machinery, but rather to present each character as a living man engrossed in his ideas and pursuing them persistently, in conflict or in agreement with his period. The book is written in a clear and easy style, free of technical terms.

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    Table of Contents:

    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.

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