Person involved in manufacturing printed materials; operator of a printing press

A specimen of printing types / Alex. Wilson and Sons.

A specimen of printing types / Joseph Fry and Sons, letter-founders, Worship-Street, Moorfields.

Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.

Pierrot kissing woman at a dining table ca 1900

Catalogue of books in the library of the British Museum printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of books in English printed abroad, to the year 1640.

A bibliographical study of the Greek works and translations published in France during the renaissance : the decade 1540-1550 / Ruth Bunker.

The life of Benjamin Franklin / J.A. Leo Lemay.

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Catalogue of books in the library of the British Museum printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of books in English printed abroad, to the year 1640.

A bibliographical study of the Greek works and translations published in France during the renaissance : the decade 1540-1550 / Ruth Bunker.

Pierrot kissing woman at a dining table ca 1900

The life of Benjamin Franklin / J.A. Leo Lemay.

Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.

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Catalogue of books in the library of the British Museum printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of books in English printed abroad, to the year 1640.

A bibliographical study of the Greek works and translations published in France during the renaissance : the decade 1540-1550 / Ruth Bunker.

Pierrot kissing woman at a dining table ca 1900

The life of Benjamin Franklin / J.A. Leo Lemay.

Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.

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