Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14
FROM THE LONDON TIMES OF DECEMBER IA.

The Imperial State Printing Office at Vienna has lately
published interesting works from the of Cheyaler
Auer, the director Of the establishment This work,
which is now before US, was originally intended for the
Austrian public but it deserves in scarcely lesser de-
gree the attention Of all interested in the higher branches
Of the of printing The German text nav perhaps,
be sealed book numbers who would gladly peruse the
volume if written in their language but there is one
part of the publication at least which speaks to artists Of
all nations and which may be Judged and must be ad-
mired, by practical printers well by photographers,
draughtsmen, and men Of science.
The Imperial State Printing gofhce at Vienna though
originally intended to establishment for the
printing Of State papers, diplomatic circulars and pro-
camaons has for many past overstepped the mar
limits assigned the private printing Office Of
the Cabinet Under the direction Of series Of able and
enlightened men, among whom its present chief, the
Chevaer Auer stands forth with great distinction, the
establishment extended its sphere Of action, and served
the purposes of science and quite much at least as
the requirements Of Austrian policy Supported by
liberal grant from the State the Imperial Prntpg-oic
enabled to procure type which, in the hands OF an
ordinary printer would certainly pay its cost and
to undertake the publication of works which, though in
valuable to the learned would infaiby have ruined any
ordinary publisher In this manner by wise hberaty
and at the cost of comparatively small annual burden
upon the public funds the Austrian Government has the
honor of having fostered to maturity institution which
stands unequaled in the history Of the art Of printing
and the credit of having by series Of successful expe-
rimens obtained results which will eventually benefit
the public quite much they have already been of
signal benefit science To give an idea of the enor-
ani variety of type accumulatedin the cases.
Of the establishment need merely say that the
meraton of the various sorts fills three closely printed
pages and that there is not nation in the world having
letters of sort whose language the Imperial State
Printng-ofi cannot undertake to print Some years
ago, when Messrs Bagster of Paternosterrow planned
the publication of their colossal work. "e Bible sue7y
Land" they wished to enrich the book with series Of ma
tive alphabets But here serious difficulty presented
itself Many of the characters in which their specimens
Of Bible texts given little known to the
learned in Europe and Of them had never before
appeared in print in England Every effort was made to
procure complete series but, as it was found that
many aphabes could not be obtained the design OF sup
plying the comparative tables about to be abandoned
At this juncture the State Prntng-ofhce at vienna
stepped in and supplied Mcssrs Bagser with complete
series Of the aphabes Of all the types used throughout
the work
Not less distinguished and perhaps Of more general in
erest is the progress which the establishment has made
in the perfection of existing modes OF copying and multi
plying drawings and engravngs and the experiments ana
adaptations Of newly invented processes OF printing
sketches and pictures Its woodcuts OF which
given in Chevaer Auers work. command the admira-
on of the best of artists and the specimen plates
of chemitypy Of engravings STEEL copper and glass;
Of fthography in backlead chalk aud coors; OF chem
graphy, galvanoplasty, styography, galvanography,
admiration and delight even Of those who usually take
less in the perfection Of the various branches Of
which, up to the present has been too much ne
elected in this country But the most startling and adj
mirabe for fidelity and nicely Of execution the pec
mems of process Of reproduction which, If not actually
invented in the Yienese Printing Office has, at all events,
brought wonderful perfection in that establish
ment The Ndusebstuck it is called at Vienna is
method Of obtaining fac ss Of leaves, mosses plants
and other subjects the perfect reproduction of which
qures minuteness Of detail which it is not within the
province of the human hand to execute In this inge
nous proceeding the subject to be copied is placed upon
iquefed metal, and perfect impression is otaained,
which, copied by means Of galvanopasy and transferred
upon plate, may be multiplied to any number Of copies
that may be desired The specimens given Of this extra
ordinary process suffice to convince the most incred
ulous Of the perfect truthuness of the method They
bear the stamp Of the face Of them They con-
sst of leaves flowers mosses stones and acewok, Of
which is gurave speaking il We say that they are
taken from fe for they appear if the original spec
mems pasted the paper. Each thread and fila.
ment Of the lace in particular is distinct to the touch and
would be difficult persuade any person ignorant OF
the process that the specimens Of Ndwsebdruek in Che
vaer Auers book productions Of the printingpress
*Der Polygraphiscae Apparat oder die crschedsnen
Kunsfdcher der Kaseriek k6nigichm Hcf- and Sfddts-
druckuasu Wien. Yon ALoIs AuER. Venns, lSoS'