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  2. William Caxton - Wikipedia

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    Printer's mark of William Caxton, 1478. A variant of the merchant's mark. William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer.He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.

  3. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    The first printing press in Southeast Asia was set up in the Philippines by the Spanish in 1593. The Rev. Jose Glover intended to bring the first printing press to England's American colonies in 1638, but died on the voyage, so his widow, Elizabeth Harris Glover, established the printing house, which was run by Stephen Day and became The ...

  4. Elizabeth Glover - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Glover (née Harris; 1602 – June 23, 1643 [1]) was and English woman and first American publisher.She established the first printing press in the Thirteen Colonies, located next to the nascent Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she printed Oath of a Freeman, An Almenack, and the Bay Psalm Book with the help of printer Stephen Daye.

  5. Global spread of the printing press - Wikipedia

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    First printing press of Greek books in Ott.Empire. Closed down by the authorities in 1628 [97] 1706 Aleppo: Athanasius Dabbas: First press for printing in the Arabic script in the Ottoman Empire; operated until 1711. Funded by Constantin Brâncoveanu and established with the assistance of Anthim the Iberian. [8] 1729 [98] Constantinople ...

  6. Early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    The first printing press in the British colonies was established in Cambridge, Massachusetts by owner Elizabeth Glover and printer Stephen Daye. Here, the first colonial broadside, almanack, and book were published. Printing and publishing in the colonies first emerged as a result of religious enthusiasm and over the scarcity and subsequent ...

  7. Edmund Evans - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1860s, he began to print children's toy books and picture books in association with the printing house Routledge and Warne. His intention was to produce books for children that were beautiful and inexpensive. For three decades he produced multiple volumes each year, first illustrated by Crane, and later by Caldecott and Greenaway.

  8. How Dickens did it: 'A Christmas Carol' debuted 180 years ago ...

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    It was published on Dec. 19, 1843, and its first printing, 6,000 copies, sold out by Christmas Eve, five days later. ... "They made more money than 'A Christmas Carol,' because by that point ...

  9. Printing press - Wikipedia

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    A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the cloth, paper, or other medium was brushed or rubbed repeatedly to achieve the transfer of ink and accelerated the process.