Printers Collection

Home of Judith Quiney (Shakespeares daughter), Stratford
The Home of Judith Quiney (1585-1662) (Shakespeares daughter) in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1903

Graca & Cos stall - Hong Kong - important printers and vendors of postcards, stamps and stationary. Date: circa 1905

Brochure cover, chocolate box designs
Brochure cover in blue, black and gold, chocolate box designs, Statue Series of box tops, Geo. H. Harrison & Sons, Statue Printing Works, Leeds, and Sentinel House, Southampton Row, London. Date: 1930

Member certificate of the London Society of Compositors (colour litho)
BAL5875 Member certificate of the London Society of Compositors (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Trades Union Congress, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Specimens of type, Leadenhall Press, London
Specimens of type from The Leadenhall Press, Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London EC. circa 1900

Beirut, Lebanon - Souk-et-Gamil - with clothes stalls and shops and at the end the premices of the producers of this card! Date: circa 1910s

The Copper-plate Engraver, from Iets voor Allen a book of trades by Abraham van St
XJF387469 The Copper-plate Engraver, from Iets voor Allen a book of trades by Abraham van St. Clara, 1736 (engraving) by Luyken, Caspar (1672-1708) and Luyken

The first European typographic competition in Barcelona, May 30, 1878, published in the Spanish magazine "La
AIS5361056 The first European typographic competition in Barcelona, May 30, 1878, published in the Spanish magazine "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana"

A Calico printing machine
5311720 A Calico printing machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Calico printing machine. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Biblia Latina (Gutenberg Bible), 1455 (handwritten)
7415645 Biblia Latina (Gutenberg Bible), 1455 (handwritten); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Biblia Latina (Gutenberg Bible)

Nehushtan held by two hands emerging from clouds publisher's or printer's device used by Apud Vincentium
5669019 Nehushtan held by two hands emerging from clouds publisher's or printer's device used by Apud Vincentium Valgrisium in Venice during the 16th century; (add.info)

Double printing typography press factory, 1880 (engraving)
7295203 Double printing typography press factory, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Mr John Knowles, Printer and Stationer, 5 and 6, Market Place, and Hooper's Mews, Acton, W (engraving)
8648191 Mr John Knowles, Printer and Stationer, 5 and 6, Market Place, and Hooper's Mews, Acton, W (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr John Knowles)

Trade card for Charpentier, engraver, printer and stationer, Portsmouth (engraving)
8677584 Trade card for Charpentier, engraver, printer and stationer, Portsmouth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Charpentier, engraver)

Title page of the first edition of the Bible by Martin Luther (1483-1546) translated into German printed by Johannes
NWI4939604 Title page of the first edition of the Bible by Martin Luther (1483-1546) translated into German printed by Johannes Gensfleisch dit Gutenberg (1394/99-1468). College simile

Gutenberg Bible page, first book printed in Europe using mobile characters. Reproduction of the document
NWI4939107 Gutenberg Bible page, first book printed in Europe using mobile characters. Reproduction of the document.; (add.info.: Gutenberg Bible page)

History of printing: Press in Johannes Gutenberg's workshop examining a print. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4939048 History of printing: Press in Johannes Gutenberg's workshop examining a print. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of printing)

A male
3330096 A male; (add.info.: Illustration of a male by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A male
3330084 A male; (add.info.: Illustration of a male by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Horse Trader
3329968 A Horse Trader; (add.info.: Illustration of a Horse Trader by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker

A male
3329982 A male; (add.info.: Illustration of a male by Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601) a Flemish illustrator, painter, printmaker, miniaturist, draftsman and merchant

Photography: the laboratory and the studio, c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790234 Photography: the laboratory and the studio, c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: Photography in France : the laboratory and the studio , early 20th century); Photo © CCI.

Messrs Jaenecke Brothers printing office in Hanover
5311721 Messrs Jaenecke Brothers printing office in Hanover; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Messrs Jaenecke Brothers printing office in Hanover fitted with Edison electric lamps)

Page from 'XV O'es' by William Caxton
3331103 Page from 'XV O'es' by William Caxton; (add.info.: Page from 'XV O'es' by William Caxton (1422-1491) n English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer

Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger
3330121 Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger; (add.info.: Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)

Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger
3330119 Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger; (add.info.: Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)

A Horse Trader
3329970 A Horse Trader; (add.info.: Illustration of a Horse Trader by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker

Page from William Caxton's edition of the prologue of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'
3329855 Page from William Caxton's edition of the prologue of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'; (add.info)

History of printing: first test of the Bible printed by the press of Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468)
ELD4954731 History of printing: first test of the Bible printed by the press of Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468) represented with Johann Fust (1400-1466)

Printing house in China, ca 1820-30 (engraving)
7422865 Printing house in China, ca 1820-30 (engraving); (add.info.: Economy. Printing house in China. Engraving, France, ca 1820-30.); © Archives Charmet.

The Invention of Copper Engraving, c.1591 (engraving)
8690956 The Invention of Copper Engraving, c.1591 (engraving) by Galle, Philips (1537-1612); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By Philips Galle).

Printer's workshop showing setting of type in background and puller and hand printing with finished pages ready for
5668953 Printer's workshop showing setting of type in background and puller and hand printing with finished pages ready for binding; (add.info)

Benjamin Franklin, 1800
3507778 Benjamin Franklin, 1800; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin (1705 - 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Death
3478592 Death; (add.info.: Print titled 'Death' by Sebald Beham (1500-1550) German painter and printmaker. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Amendment of Ortography
3330152 The Amendment of Ortography; (add.info.: The Amendment of Ortography by William Bullokar, a printer who devised the 40-letter phonetic alphabet)

Sign of Fleet the printer who published the first edition of Mother Goose (engraving)
8636433 Sign of Fleet the printer who published the first edition of Mother Goose (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Title page from 'The Prince' and other works by Niccolo Machiavelli published in 1532
5668978 Title page from 'The Prince' and other works by Niccolo Machiavelli published in 1532; (add.info.: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)); Photo © AF Fotografie.

Gutenburg printing the first page of the Bible, 1439, after a 19th century print
3252952 Gutenburg printing the first page of the Bible, 1439, after a 19th century print.; (add.info.: Gutenburg printing the first page of the Bible, 1439)

The Knight of Death
3478593 The Knight of Death; (add.info.: Print titled 'The Knight of Death' by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) a painter, printmaker, and theorist

Science. Electricity. Electroplating, process used in printing. c.1900 (chromo)
3433697 Science. Electricity. Electroplating, process used in printing. c.1900 (chromo); (add.info.: Science. Electricity. Electroplating, process used in printing)

Benjamin Franklin, 1800
3507782 Benjamin Franklin, 1800; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin (1705 - 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Bookbinder (colour litho)
8650412 Bookbinder (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bookbinder. Illustration for Buttercups)

History of printing: First test of the Bible printed by Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468)
NWI4939173 History of printing: First test of the Bible printed by Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468) 1453 The first proof sheet from Gutenberg's press, 1453

A figure of the Antichrist, 1521 (engraving)
3331100 A figure of the Antichrist, 1521 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting a figure of the Antichrist by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)

Paper, from the ragpicker to the press and newspaper, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790136 Paper, from the ragpicker to the press and newspaper, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: the paper in France, from the rag-and-bone collect woman to the press and newspaper)

Aloys Senefelder, inventor of the lithography. c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790245 Aloys Senefelder, inventor of the lithography. c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: Aloys Senefelder (1771-1834), inventor of the lithography c. 1796-1798 in Austria); Photo © CCI.

Gutenberg, c 1400-1468 (engraving)
8632078 Gutenberg, c 1400-1468 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gutenberg, c 1400-1468)

Festina lente' ("make haste slowly") motto and dolphin and anchor used by Aldus Manutius
5668992 Festina lente' ("make haste slowly") motto and dolphin and anchor used by Aldus Manutius and his Aldine Press as a publisher's or printer's device; (add.info)

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"Exploring the Rich History and Artistry of Printers: From London to Hong Kong, Beirut to Stratford" Discover the fascinating world as we delve into their diverse realms. Uncover the legacy of craftsmanship with a Member certificate from the prestigious London Society of Compositors, showcasing expertise in colour lithography. Step into history at Judith Quiney's home in Stratford, where Shakespeares' daughter resided, perhaps inspiring her father's literary masterpieces. Embark on a journey to Hong Kong's bustling Graca & Cos stall, where printers bring vibrant brochures and chocolate box designs to life. Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of Beirut's Souk-et-Gamil, where ancient printing techniques continue to thrive amidst modernity. Marvel at exquisite specimens of type at Leadenhall Press in London; witness the intricate artistry of copper-plate engraving depicted in Abraham van St’s book "Iets voor Allen. " Transport yourself back to wartime nostalgia with a WW2 Christmas Card from Printers Plant—a testament to resilience and creativity during challenging times. Indulge your wanderlust with a collection of postcards featuring Cunard Ocean Liners—an ode to both travel and printmaking. Step foot inside an ancient printing office that whispers tales from centuries past—where words were transformed into tangible works of art. Unearth relics like a candlestick telephone or 1920s printer's block that tell stories beyond ink on paper—they connect us through time and technology. Witness how even telephones became part of this creative process—a testament to innovation within printmaking. Join us as we celebrate printers—the guardians preserving our collective memories while continuously pushing boundaries in design and communication.