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Cover of book, GRAVE SIRS

Cover of Grave Sirs, printed by Robert Reid and Takao Tanabe
© Takao Tanabe / Private Press of Robert R. Reid
Reproduced with the permission of Takao Tanabe and Robert R. Reid.
Grave Sirs: John Newlove's Poems
by John Newlove. Vancouver: Private Press of Robert R. Reid & Takao Tanabe, 1962.
nlc-893

Wood engraving of a 1676 print shop

1676 print shop
© Public Domain
Printing Presses
by Joseph Moran. London, UK: Faber  Faber, 1973.
nlc-896

Illustration of a punch

A punch
© Toronto Public Library
Reproduced with the permission of the Toronto Public Library.
The Canadian Book of Printing: How Printing Came to Canada and the Story of Graphic Arts
by The Toronto Public Library and the 500th Anniversary Committee Commemorating the Invention of the Art of Printing From Moveable Type. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1940. P. 73
nlc-923

Illustration of a matrix

A matrix
© Toronto Public Library
Reproduced with the permission of the Toronto Public Library.
The Canadian Book of Printing
by The Toronto Public Library and the 500th Anniversary Committee Commemorating the Invention of the Art of Printing From Moveable Type. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1940. P. 73
nlc-924

Illustration of the letter 'H' in type

The letter "H", type
© Toronto Public Library
Reproduced with the permission of the Toronto Public Library.
The Canadian Book of Printing
by The Toronto Public Library and the 500th Anniversary Committee Commemorating the Invention of the Art of Printing From Moveable Type. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1940. P. 73
nlc-925

Illustration of Caslon's Type Foundry

Caslon's Type Foundry
© Toronto Public Library
Reproduced with the permission of the Toronto Public Library.
The Canadian Book of Printing
by The Toronto Public Library and the 500th Anniversary Committee Commemorating the Invention of the Art of Printing From Moveable Type. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1940. P. 72
nlc-926

Illustration of hand composition with the composing stick

Hand composition with the composing stick
© Toronto Public Library
Reproduced with the permission of the Toronto Public Library.
The Canadian Book of Printing
by The Toronto Public Library and the 500th Anniversary Committee Commemorating the Invention of the Art of Printing From Moveable Type. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1940. P. 79
nlc-927

Illustration of what a compositor would see in the composing stick

What a compositor would see in the composing stick
© Toronto Public Library
Reproduced with the permission of the Toronto Public Library.
The Canadian Book of Printing
by The Toronto Public Library and the 500th Anniversary Committee Commemorating the Invention of the Art of Printing From Moveable Type. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1940. P. 79
nlc-928

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