Historical treatises, abstracts & papers on stereotyping

Contents

History and processes of polytyping and stereotyping / by A.G. Camus -- Report on the researches relating to the first invention and the oldest practice of stereotype printing : made on order of the government / by Baron van Westreenen van Tiellandt -- Abstract of the report on Herhan's stereotyping methods / written by A.G. Camus -- On the means of obtaining stamps (clichés) with moulds of plaster of Paris, sulphur, or sealingwax : a paper read by M. Darcet at the Society of Encouragement in Paris on the 12th of February, 1806 -- Abstract on stereotyping, preceded by a rapid glance on the origin of printing and its progress / by Monsieur le Marquis de Paroy -- Biographical memoirs of William Ged : including a particular account of his progress in the art of block printing -- An original paper of the late lieutenant-governor Colden on a new method of printing discovered by him, together with an original letter from the late Dr. Franklin on the same subject, and some account of stereotyping, as now practiced in Europe, etc. / by the editors of the Register.