Table of Contents

1. Progress in jobbing printing; 2. Progress in newspaper printing; 3. Progress in book printing; 4. Printing by hand press; 5. Printing by power press; 6. The art of the compositor; 7. Type-founding; 8. Stereotyping and electrotyping; 9. Process blocks; 10. Ink manufacture; 11. Paper making; 12. Description of the illustrations.

Promotional Information

Published in 1897, this book provides a comprehensive account of the improvements made to printing methods during the nineteenth century.