Printing and writing materials: their evolution (1912)
Smith, Adele Millicent · Philadelphia, The author · leaf 32
in learning to write. Cicero perceived that, withproper care, the letters of the alphabet might beso arranged as to form an infinite number ofsentences; but we have no evidence that hethought of combining them for the purpose ofprinting. ANCIENT BELIEF PROCESSES The old Romans employed wooden and… … rtsccADo ROMAN STAMPS [From Jackson] of the inscriptions on their clay lamps were madeby impressing consecutively the type of each let-ter. Brass stamps, with letters engraved in relief,have been frequently found in Italy and also in 10 ANCIENT BELIEF PROCESSES France. They are all small in size…
Writing · Printing · Paper industry · Bookbinding
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