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NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!
NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!

NEWSPAPER PRINTING, publishing and BOOKBINDING - four 1833 papers!

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    THE PENNY MAGAZINE
    four issues:
    Aug. 30 to Sept. 30, 1833
    Sept. 30 to Oct. 31, 1833
    Oct. 31 to Nov. 30, 1833
    &
    Nov. 30 to Dec. 31, 1833
    newspaper printing
    This is a group of four newspaper issues which are over 190 years old
    . They are printed in a small format, measuring 7” by 11” in size, and each is 8 pages long. The issues came from bound volumes and have typical minor disbinding marks at their spines, plus some occasional browning from age (see photos), but are still in very good overall condition.
    These are all monthly supplementary issues to the regular weekly publication. Such special issues often dealt with a single topic, and
    these issues formed a four-part series entirely devoted to “THE COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF A PENNY MAGAZINE.”
    The papers describe in great detail the manufacturing process involved in publishing
    The Penny Magazine
    , providing an excellent account of printing in the early 1800s.
    The Aug./Sept. 1833 issue has an Introduction to the subject, and is devoted to
    PAPER-MAKING.
    The Sept./Oct. 1833 issue covers
    WOOD-CUTTING
    and
    TYPE-FOUNDING.
    The Oct./Nov. 1833 issue is on
    COMPOSITOR’S WORK and STEREOTYPING.
    The Nov./Dec. 1833 issue is on
    PRINTING PRESSES and MACHINERY — BOOKBINDING.
    The papers are illustrated with splendid wood-engravings of:
    Paper Making, by Hand.
    diagram of a printing press (full-page, with a key showing 18 “Parts of the Machine.”)
    Paper-Cutting Machine
    woodcut example: “Virgin and Child: after Raffaelle”
    View of the Type-Foundry
    Ancient View of a Dutch Printing-Office.
    Frames, Cases, etc.
    Moulding-Frame.
    Casting-Box.
    Stereotype Foundry.
    The Stanhope Press.
    The Common Printing Press.
    Applegarth and Cowper's Printing Machine. [almost a full-page, with excellent text]
    Book-binder's Rolling Machine.
    Ancient Book-binder.
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    Background on this publication:
    The Penny Magazine
    was a weekly 8-page paper put out by London’s “Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.” Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, the
    Penny Magazine
    provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was compact in size, and most issues were illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings.
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