Pioneers in Printing

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-10889-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Publishing and Printing

Originally published in 1958, through a series of lively biographies of men important in the history of printing – Gutenberg, Caxton, Baskerville, Caslon, Senefelder, Koenig, Mergenthaler, and Lanston – Pioneers in Printing traces the growth and development of the craft of printing from its invention in the fifteenth century to modern times. The aim of the book is not to recount the technicalities of machinery, but rather to present each character as a living man engrossed in his ideas and pursuing them persistently, in conflict or in agreement with his period. The book is written in a clear and easy style, free of technical terms.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jennett, Seán

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Johann Gutenberg and the Invention of Printing. William Caxton. William Caslon. John Baskerville. Senefelder and the Invention of Lithography. The Printing Machine and Frederick Koenig. The Advent of the Composing Machine. Mergenthaler and the Invention of the Linotype. Tolbert Lanston and the Monotype. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Seán Jennett (1912–1981) was a typographer, book editor, and author of travel books. He was also a published poet.