The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-11-08
Improvsme ats In Printing In Vienna.

foreign journal gives the following ripon OF the
imperial printing establishment at Vienna, from which it
appears that the art of printing, and the OF prose
cutting il. have been carried there high degree of per-
lection, and that important Improvements have
been made there in photographic printing, wood cutting
and photograph
HE IMPERIAL PRINTING PREsS-Some weeks ago we
afveied to the process OF reproducing oil pictures by
process oil photographic printing, which has first been
adopted and successfully carried on, by the Vennese
Slate printing office. We have since had the pleasure Of
viewing some specimens OF other productions in the
Tious branches OF typography, which every doubt
OF the fact that signal progress has been made by
director and manager OF that valuable institution towards
perfec,ng and cheapenng the lower branches OF the
Of printing while uly astonishing results have been OBJ
ianed and may s be expected, from that active artistic
spirit which 10 preside the establishment and
bent upon conquerng realms in those regions ofy
Biography which, from want OF an incentive have htheT
TO remained unexpored by private speculation Such Tor
instance the process OF hographc color printing, the
improvements and perfection OF wood cutting, the gal
plastic, the Photographic processes, and the
production, by OF the above arts not only OF OBJ
ecs OF botany, natural history and geology but also OF
ancient ornaments and rare and valuable MSS. The
specimens shown 10 us comprised copies OF MSS from
The time OF ChaIemagne 10 The days OF Gutenberg and
printing. But what struck us most was the extensive
and perfect collection oil impressions from The types OF
almost all the aphabe,s OF the gobeeven such of The
Indian dialects as have mol hitherto appeared in type in
any country.
The perseverance which collected all these various
alphabets-many OF them belonging 10 and semi
bdrDarous nauons-thc improvements winch nave been
made in Turkish, Persian, and Arabic type, and which
distinguish the Vienna type from that commonly used for
books in those languages inasmuch as IL approxmaes
and is almost identical with those specimens OF Turkish
Persian, ard Arabic letters which the natives OF those
countries CONSIDER most 10 the standard OF ee
gance and disnctness-and lastly, the grammatical
rectness OF the compositions cannot fail 10 command the
interest and appreciation OF those who know the difficult
which attend the editing and obstruct the publication
OF Oriental works Not the least marvellous fact in
connexon with extensive and useful institution
It's recent origin for The State printing office, such
find it, has only within the last ten years been raised
from the position oil office for the publication
OF blue books and returns TO the rank of topographic
institution, the productions OF which vie with those OF
the oldest establishments in Europe mot excepting
the French Imprimere RoyaIe,) and which 10 extent
and in the variety OF the branches Of ART it cuyaes,
stands unparalleled, and is very likely 10 remain IL
is Councillor Auer the present chief Of The Viennese
printing Office TO whom the credit OF enlargng and i'm
proving its sphere OF action is DUE and who, within the
short space of ten years has succeeded in converting
common establishment tor such, understand, the
office previous to his management into topographic
academy training school tor printers and artists, and
an asylum for their bodest plans and conceptions
Nothing required but the judcous assistance and
continued support Of the State connect and forever
link the city OF Vienna with the most splendid produc
tons and the greatest Improvements OF the art OF printing
in all its branches.