Scotland's Printing Heritage

Edinburgh Printmakers’ Family Print Club session on letterpress

The Edinburgh Printmakers Family Print Club session on 25 June is on letterpress printing and simple bookmaking. For more details and how to book, see the Edinburgh Printmakers website.

Did you know?

30 October 1577 Thomas Bassendyne died in Edinburgh on 30 October 1577. Together with Alexander Arbuthnot, he printed the first translation of the Bible in Scotland, known as the Bassendyne Bible. The New Testament, printed by Bassendyne, was completed first, and the Bible as a whole is known as ‘the Bassendyne Bible’.