Printing office. On left compositors are at work

Printing office. On left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from case in front of them. Centre back type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in flatbed screwjack press centre right. Paper hung up to allow ink to dry before being stacked in pile by boy, centre front. Master printer in fur lined gown supervises his enterprise. After Stradanus (Jan van der Straet) Nova reperta Antwerp circa 1600. Engraving

1600 Allow Antwerp Compositors Enterprise Flatbed Hung Inked Nova Pile Printer Reperta Stacked Stradanus Straet Supervises

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