history of printing

Hand-coloured print of a furniture showroom filled with chairs, cabinets, mirrors, a globe and elaborate curtain swags, with customers examining the displays.

Rudolph Ackermann: Publishing Regency Design and Decorative Taste

Rudolph Ackermann connected prints, fashion, furniture and interiors through his Repository of Arts, helping Regency readers encounter and compare new designs.Read More →

Portrait of William Caxton beside an example of early blackletter printed English text

William Caxton Father of English Printing

William Caxton, born in Kent, learned printing in the Low Countries and introduced it to England. He printed 99 books, including Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.”Read More →

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