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1568: Jost Amman Click here to enlarge the image. [Source]. Source:
Title: ‘Eygentliche beschreibung aller Staende auff erden hoher und nidriger, geistlicher und weltlicher, aller kuensten, handwercken und haendeln etc. vom groesten bis zum kleinesten auch von irem ursprung erfindung und gebreuchen.’ Comments: Apart from the 1568 German edition, there is also a 1574 Latin edition. [Scan 1], [Scan 2]. The same woodcut was still used in 1641 [USTC]. Falconer Madan (1895, page 236): ‘It is in many ways important, being the first representation of a press designed to who its real construction and working. The moment chosen is just after the form has been run out after taking the impression.’ Technique: Woodcut. Publications Falconer Madan (1895) ‘Early representations of the printing-Press with especial reference to that by Stradanus.’, Bibliographica. Volume 1, page 499-502. (Illustration 21) Nigel Roche (2000) The iconography of the printing office to 1700. Unpublished MA thesis. Library and Information Studies, University College London. (Illustration #L1). |
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