The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 528
ck or a retacking of the movable piece was required. Thedate of the introduction of the stick cannot be fixed, but itwas used, without alteration for many years, by the printersof all countries. It is possible that some of the early printers 1 The engravings of cases shown would teach any… … Presswork and Composition as done in 1564. [From Jost Amman.] 524 THE TOOLS OF THE EARLY PRINTERS. had no sticks. The peculiar workmanship of the unknownprinter and of Albert Pfister shows that the types were takendirect from the case and wedged in the mortised blocks ofwood which served for…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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