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

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To her most sacred Majesty, Catharine the second Empress of all the Russias, whose transcendent wisdom, admirable policy and parental affection, extended to every part of her vast dominions, have completed the immense work begun by the immortal Peter as a just tribute to this august princess, the avowed patroness of genius, and universal protectress of art, science and literature, these volumes are with the profoundest respect and gratitude dedicated by her imperial Majesty's most obedient and most devoted servant John Boydell / Tomkins scripsit, Ashby sculpsit.

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.

The business of books : booksellers and the English book trade, 1450-1850 / James Raven.

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

Lives in print : biography and the book trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st century / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.

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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.

The business of books : booksellers and the English book trade, 1450-1850 / James Raven.

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

Lives in print : biography and the book trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st century / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.

Printers

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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.

The business of books : booksellers and the English book trade, 1450-1850 / James Raven.

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

Lives in print : biography and the book trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st century / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.

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