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Publisher
K. Paul, Trench, Tr_ubner & co., ltd
Pub. Date
1893.
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "When we speak of the invention of printing, we mean the invention of the art of multiplying books by means of single types capable of being used again and again in different combinations for the printing of different books. Taking the word printing in its widest sense, it means merely the impression of any image; and the art of impressing or stamping words or pictures seems to have been known from the very earliest times. The handles of...