Printers Collection (#2)

Festina lente ("make haste slowly") motto and dolphin and anchor used by Aldus Manutius
5668992 Festina lente ("make haste slowly") motto and dolphin and anchor used by Aldus Manutius and his Aldine Press as a publisher's or printer's device; (add.info)

Title page from Florentine Histories by Niccolo Machiavelli published in 1532
5668977 Title page from Florentine Histories by Niccolo Machiavelli published in 1532; (add.info.: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)); Photo © AF Fotografie

King Louis XI of France (1423-1483) receiving the first book printed in the workshops of Gutenberg
ELD4871403 King Louis XI of France (1423-1483) receiving the first book printed in the workshops of Gutenberg, about 1470

Johann Gutenberg (c.1397-1468) German inventor of the printing press, engraving
1732423 Johann Gutenberg (c.1397-1468) German inventor of the printing press, engraving; (add.info.: Johann Gutenberg (c.1397-1468) german inventor of the printing press, engraving)

William Caxton announcing his printing press business at Westminster Abbey
3329863 William Caxton announcing his printing press business at Westminster Abbey; (add.info.: Engraving of William Caxton announcing his printing press business at Westminster Abbey)

Line drawing titled La Grant Danse Macabre from one of the earliest printed books
1578304 Line drawing titled La Grant Danse Macabre from one of the earliest printed books; (add.info.: Line drawing titled La Grant Danse Macabre from one of the earliest printed books)

Gutenberg, Johannes Gensfleich (c.1400-1468) (engraving)
CUL4861805 Gutenberg, Johannes Gensfleich (c.1400-1468) (engraving); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Gutenberg, Johannes Gensfleich (c.1400-1468)

Beginning of the first Bible of Gutenberg
3730238 Beginning of the first Bible of Gutenberg; (add.info.: Beginning of the first Bible of Gutenberg, she had 42 lines per page, from a woodcut of 1880, digital improved.); Bildagentur-online/UIG

The Gutenberg Bible
529809 The Gutenberg Bible; (add.info.: First major book printed with a movable type printing press in the West, marking the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution")

History of printing: Page of the Bible of Johannes Gutenberg. Bible of 42 lines printed in the 1450s
NWI4939068 History of printing: Page of the Bible of Johannes Gutenberg. Bible of 42 lines printed in the 1450s, probably the first printing of moving characters

History of printing: Johannes Gutenberg and Johann Fust (1400-1466) in the workshop with the first press in Germany
NWI4939221 History of printing: Johannes Gutenberg and Johann Fust (1400-1466) in the workshop with the first press in Germany, years 1450

History of printing: Press by Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany, years 1450. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4939137 History of printing: Press by Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany, years 1450. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of printing: Press by Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz)

Page from Gutenberg's Bible (c1455)
531632 Page from Gutenberg's Bible (c1455).; Universal History Archive/UIG

Johannes Gutenberg
5308526 Johannes Gutenberg.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Johannes Gutenberg examining the first page of the Bible as it came off the press)

History of printing: first test of the Bible printed by the press of Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468)
ELD4840130 History of printing: first test of the Bible printed by the press of Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468) represented with Johann Fust (1400-1466)

Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Tu veux te frotter a la presse!!, 1833. Printer, crushing colleague in printing press: Ah! You want to rub shoulders with the press!!'

Portrait of Senefelder, 1818. Creator: Lorenzo Quaglio II
Portrait of Senefelder, 1818

Visit of the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred to Messrs. Day and Son's Lithographic Establishment, [London], 1856. Royal visit to the printing workshop of the lithographers to the Queen

Mullany's Saloon, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mullany's Saloon, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
D. Mullany's Saloon, 1913. Bar with swing doors. To the right is Jerome Mazzocchi's tobacconist shop, and next door to that the National Engraving Co

Fire at Messrs Harper and Brothers Printing and Publishing Establishment, New York, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fire at Messrs Harper and Brothers Printing and Publishing Establishment, New York, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Publication of a War "Gazette" Extraordinary, at the office, St. Martin's Lane, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Publication of a War "Gazette" Extraordinary, at the office, St. Martin's Lane, 1854. London crowds wait for news of the Battle of Inkerman

Lithographic Workshop, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Lithographic Workshop, 19th century

Lithographic Workshop, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Lithographic Workshop, 19th century

Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Elements of Wood Engraving, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Mezzotint, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Mezzotint, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Crayon-Manner Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Crayon-Manner Engraving, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Wood Engraving, Tools, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Some of the workers in a section of the Bemrose printing works at Aintrees Long Lane. Liverpool, 16th January 1946

Old Heidelberg
3780654 Old Heidelberg; (add.info.: Old Heidelberg by H. Hoffmann reproduced in a German printers catalogue, 1902. Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart by Theodor Goebe, 1902); Lebrecht History

Rapid press machine advert
3780653 Rapid press machine advert; (add.info.: German advert for the Frankenthal Albert and Co. machine manufacturers showing a rapid press machine. From printers catalogue, 1902)

German advert for chromotype machines
3780652 German advert for chromotype machines; (add.info.: German advert for the Johannisberg machine factory, showing a chromotype machine. From German printers catalogue)

German advertisement for electric stove
3780661 German advertisement for electric stove; (add.info.: German advert for the Elektra electric heating and cooking stove. Taken from a German printers catalogue, 1902)

Moritz Hermann von Jacobi
3780660 Moritz Hermann von Jacobi; (add.info.: Moritz Hermann von Jacobi, the inventor of galvanoplastics: 21 September 1801 - 10 March 1874 Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart by Theodor Goebe)

German Sewing machine advert for poster material
3780643 German Sewing machine advert for poster material; (add.info.: GemanSewing machine advert for poster material showing a girl using a sewing machine in traditional German dress)

Print seller - wood engraving, c. 1815
3788423 Print seller - wood engraving, c. 1815; (add.info.: Print seller - wood engraving, c. 1815. Printed by Martin-Delahaye, Lille, France)

In the twilight
3780670 In the twilight; (add.info.: In the twilight. German house with trees and lit windows, Based on the lithograph by G. Kampmann)

Reed song score
3780668 Reed song score; (add.info.: Reed song score. Decorative surround to a musical setting of Nicolaus Lenau's poem)

German printers advertisement
3780663 German printers advertisement; (add.info.: German advert for the Zollikofer'sche book printers, St. Gallen Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart by Theodor Goebe, 1902); Lebrecht History

Geman advert for Friedrich Fischer, a Munich manufacturer of coloured endpapers, 1902 (print)
3780644 Geman advert for Friedrich Fischer, a Munich manufacturer of coloured endpapers, 1902 (print); (add.info.: Geman advert for Friedrich Fischer, a Munich manufacturer of coloured endpapers)

Decorated endpaper
3780673 Decorated endpaper; (add.info.: Decorated endpaper with lion rampant motif. From German printers catalogue, 1902. Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart by Theodor Goebe)

Mosaic from the Absis church, Rome
3780667 Mosaic from the Absis church, Rome; (add.info.: Mosaic from the Absis church, Rome, showing Saints Cosmas and Damianus. Sixth century. From German printers catalogue, 1902)

German advert for Printing press with four rollers
3780655 German advert for Printing press with four rollers; (add.info.: German advert for the united Augsburg and Nurnberg machine manufacturers showing a printing press four rollers)

Cover to German printers catalogue
3780645 Cover to German printers catalogue; (add.info.: Cover of Die Graphischen Kunste der Gegenwart - The Graphical Arts of Today - showing a stylised German coat of arms)

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