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Zainer’s imperfect impressions: Fifteenth century printing methods

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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The fifth annual Justin Howes memorial lecture, given by Claire Bolton

How did the first printers achieve the (almost impossible) task of getting crisp impressions of inked type onto paper, evenly, clearly and repeatedly? Well, quite often they did not manage it – this lecture will illustrate how some of the various faults and imperfections found in early printed books provide clues to fifteenth-century printing methods.

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