#PrintHistory
LightNews LightNews
romanceofbooks.bsky.social
‘The Circulating Library’ personification illustration by George Spratt. Printed by Printed by G. E. Madeley and published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street, London ca. 1830.

#printhistory #bookhistory #CirculatingLibrary #historyofprint #botanicalart #romanceofbooks
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
bhgross144.bsky.social
The economic ouroboros!

#economics #infographic #PrintHistory 🗃️📜
infowetrust.com RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · Jun 2
Mountiford Longfield's 1840 trade cycle (suggests 1995 Gartner Hype cycle!) babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=md...
June 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Beautiful woodcut decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
May 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Glorious early modern woodcut decorative devices, and illustrations in some of our books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #engravings #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
zannavanloon.bsky.social
Another fascinating #EarlyModern #Bookhistory conference to apply for, this time held at the National Library of Lithuania. Deadline: 30th of April!

💙📚📜 #rarebooks
#printhistory
mildakviz.bsky.social Milda Kvizikevičiūtė @mildakviz.bsky.social · Mar 4
📢 Call for Papers! Join us at Acutus et Argutus: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion 📚✨ Dive into the dynamic world of book history and print culture. Submit your proposals by 30 April 2025. More info: konferencijos.lnb.lt/acutus-et-ar...

#CFP #AcademicConference #EarlyModernStudies
A dark blue conference banner with ornate Baroque-style floral patterns in vibrant teal, orange, and white hues. The text reads: ACUTUS ET ARGUTUS: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion, scheduled for 8–10 October 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Logos of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and the National Museum of Lithuania are displayed at the bottom.
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Beautiful woodcut decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
August 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
rflong.bsky.social
Every printer ever. (Niche early modern printing humour for a Thursday morning) #printhistory #bookhistory
Picture of Gutenberg and his printers examining the first sheet from his printing press. The text says Year 1440: Johannes Gutenberg has just invented the printing press. What the 1st message! What does it say? You are out of magenta?
December 12, 2024 at 8:49 AM
pageandpostage.bsky.social
📖✨ When America Got Its First Printing Press 🖨️🇺🇸

www.instagram.com/p/DPCBqXejls...

#PageAndPostage #StampStory #OnThisDay #HistoryThroughStamps #Philately #Bookstagram #Bibliophile #PrintHistory #PostalHistory #StampCollectors #HistoryNerd #AmericanHistory
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
romanceofbooks.bsky.social
Personifications by George Spratt. Originally lithographed by George Madeley and published by Charles Tilt in London. Senefelder Lithographic Co. released prints for the American Market, c1830-1831.

I saw these at the Boston Athenæum.

#PrintHistory #SpecialCollections
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
zannavanloon.bsky.social
Nothing better than a good old incunable bible printed by Koberger to brighten this cloudy day!

#earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory #printhistory 📜📚💙
First illuminated folio of the the Koberger Bible of 1483 with woodcuts made for the Bible printed in Cologne by Bartholomaeus of Unckel in 1478-79, which he himself had helped to finance. The first woodcut, preceding the book of Genesis, depicts the creation of Eve in Paradise and almost fills an entire page. Another page in the book with printed text below a beautifully hand coloured woodcut.
January 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
perurealfonso.bsky.social
#PrintHistory
drgsespinosa.bsky.social Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa @drgsespinosa.bsky.social · Nov 22
Spanish broadside calendar printed in Madrid by Antonio de #Sancha for the year 1791 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2024 at 11:04 AM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Beautiful woodcut decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
March 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
Animal cyborg sighting – from the Middle Ages, no less! Now at the Louvre in the Martin Schongauer exhibition, until July 20.
1/
#earlymodern #printhistory #arthistory #Renaissance #medieval
Charming woodcut of an elephant wearing a harness in the shape of a fortress on its back. A couple of soldiers’ heads peek out of the top.
June 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Beautiful decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #engravings #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
February 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
zannavanloon.bsky.social
Unexpected Friday find: a sheet bound in a Sammelband after a 1566 Antwerp edition of Joannes de Sacrobosco’s Sphaera with uncut parts of a volvelle diagram(!)

#earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory #woodcut #printhistory 📜 📚💙
Detail of the sheet of paper with parts of a woodcut volvelle diagram printed depicting solar movements Sheet of paper with parts of a woodcut volvelle diagram printed depicting solar movements and below printed text in Latin Title page of the book with the short title ‘Sphaera […] emendata’. The imprint below a printer’s mark with the motto ‘Fortuna rotat omne datum’ reads Antvverpiae apud Joannem Richardum 1566.
January 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Beautiful woodcut decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Some interesting woodcuts in some of our books for auction tonight.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
June 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Some of the beautiful woodcut decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
April 3, 2024 at 8:51 AM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Delightful woodcut publisher's & decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booksky #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Back at #HabitableClimes last night with @rgsibg.bsky.social Members. Artist Kristina Chan gave us a print demonstration of some of the plates in the show (Darwin’s sextant!) & I got to pull a print on the rolling press! #printhistory #art #explorationhistory
March 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ryancordell.org
#printhistory friends: We have an elementary school class coming into @skeuomorphpress.org as part of their unit on the American Revolution & I’m wondering if there’s something related to kids in the 18th century we could try to reproduce on the press? Ideas beyond the Declaration, &c.?
April 26, 2026 at 7:55 PM
zannavanloon.bsky.social
⏰ Final day to apply for our promising #bookhistory conference on the history of the book trade between Tudor England & the Low Countries.

All info here: tinyurl.com/TudorAntwerp

Already looking forward to this four-day event!

#earlymodern #rarebooks #printhistory 📜💙📚
Detail of a hand coloured map showing western Europe and Great Brittany. The focus is on Antwerp and the North Sea connection with London.
February 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
elementaladam.bsky.social
This Valentine's Day...

Who tells the story of radical print?

A public lecture on Winifred Gales and the hidden labour behind Sheffield’s late-eighteenth-century radical press.

Sat 14 Feb | York Medical Society | £5

www.georgianyork.org.uk/what-s-on
#PrintHistory #WomenWriters #18C #18thC
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
ucdpress.bsky.social
Many thanks to the staff at the National Print Museum for such an engaging and informative guided tour.

An inspiring print museum no publisher should miss.

Take a look at our bookshelf. Can you spot traces of how our typefaces have changed over time?
#printinireland #printhistory #irishhistory
June 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
wisdompedlars.bsky.social
Beautiful woodcut decorative devices, in some of our early modern books for auction this week.

#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #woodcuts #earlymodern #woodcutwednesday #booktwitter #printhistory #bookhistory #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
May 8, 2024 at 1:33 PM