Registration is open for the one day conference on Places, spaces and the printing press: imprinting regional identities organised by the Centre for Printing History & Culture in Birmingham and the National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia. It will take place online on Wednesday 24 March 2021. Details of how to book are available on […]
Online event on printing
2 March 2021 by
History of the Printed Image Network is holding an online webinar on 22 March 2021 from 56.30pm on The art of industrial publishing, looking at industrial publishing and how business has used images for the furtherance of trade. The event is free but you must register: for more details see the Centre for Printing History […]
Typographic Surprises!
22 February 2021 by
The first event in this series organised by the Printing Historical Society will take place on Friday 26 February at 6 pm and is free of charge. Speakers are Dr Alexandra Franklin discussing 3‑D printing, Patrick Goossens on punch-cutting and type production, and Martin Killeen on early illustrated books. For more details and how to […]
Periscope Press acquires Victoria printing machine
13 July 2020 by
SPrAT Trustee, Tim Honnor has recently installed a new machine at the his private press in Inverness. The Victoria printing machine may be the only one of its kind in Scotland in working order it was made in 1932 and is electrically driven. The Periscope Press also has a treadle Arab platen made in 1900, […]
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