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  2. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image ...

  3. Bibliography of early American publishers and printers

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    A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland, 1686–1776. Baltimore : Typothetae of Baltimore. Wroth, Lawrence C. (1938). The Colonial Printer. Portland, Me., The Southworth-Anthoensen press. Y. Yodelis, Mary Ann (1975). Who Paid the Piper?Publishing Economics in Boston, 1763-1775 (PDF). Association for Education in Journalism. Yost, Edna (1961).

  4. Early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    The Puritans already had a history for being persecuted for printing and distributing their views in England, openly criticizing the Church of England. In 1637 King Charles passed a Star Chamber decree outlining 33 regulations that provided for the complete control and censoring of any religious, political or other literature they deemed ...

  5. List of historical films set in Near Eastern and Western ...

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    2334–2284 BC/ 1792 – c. 1750 BC: This is a fictional story about Mathayus, who aims to avenge his father's death at the hands of Sargon, now king of Akkad. In this movie, a fictional version of the king Hammurabi of Babylon appears. The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966: approx. 3761 BC – 1644 BC (according to the Hebrew Calendar)

  6. Baskerville - Wikipedia

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    According to Baskerville, he developed his printing projects for seven years, releasing a prospectus advertisement for the project in 1754, before finally releasing his first book, an edition of Virgil, in 1757, which was followed by other classics. [27] At the start of his edition of Paradise Lost, he wrote a preface explaining his ambitions ...

  7. List of early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    A typical printing press of the 18th century. List of early American publishers and printers is a stand alone list of Wikipedia articles about publishers and printers in colonial and early America, intended as a quick reference, with basic descriptions taken from the ledes of the respective articles.

  8. Samuel Green (printer) - Wikipedia

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    The history of printing in America, with a biography of printers. Vol. I. New York: B. Franklin. —— (1874). The history of printing in America, with a biography of printers. Vol. II. New York, B. Franklin. Winship, George Parker (1945). The Cambridge Press 1638 1692. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Alternative printing

  9. William Parks (publisher) - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of Parks' print shop and post office at Colonial Williamsburg [4] William Parks (May 23, 1699 – April 1, 1750) was an 18th-century printer and journalist in England and Colonial America. He was the first printer in Maryland authorized as the official printer for the colonial government.