The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-10-19
1brOn"i0Oy OJ Printing.

i'tr'ious luilIr year 1000. printing from wou,lru
bleak Na. said io h. known aud pracIis,d ia
'llin' but the most authentic information rs To
III" 'rl 81 "hich We have rrcor,, is given below
ani mtt ir verified
i4oo.-inying cards first printed ir"m blorks
IN Europe
liiO.--John Genesirish, surnn,ur,l (,uirnbur,,
first prints in AN alphabetical language, from
wooden blocks, which served only for the work
printed.
i4i5 John Mey ydsnbuch joins hia wealth 10
the skill of Gulenbcrg and John Fnustus. who
were tile first printers. About this time Paustus
invcnis movable types Of metal, receiving as,is.
lance from his son-inlaw, Peter SchmlIer. who
devised the Puncheons, nairirrs aud monldA Tor
casting them.
llj3.--Faustus prints tue vulgaie Bible, in
two volumes, which he sold ai first a. high as & ve
hundred crowns per copy. Having reduced the
price 10 thirty crowns, he was seriously adjudgrd
To be- ia league with tho devil, aud would have
his Rrt.
lIda -fausias print. cr,ro IL 1kr,i. aud
Sbon after dies
ll.3.-Grrck fret printed.
li'l.-fifsi printing Ia England
lit' --Firsi Almanac printed
l41i --Wilkin ir worde print. the first book
un paper manufactured in England.
l'r -ttra work of - geographical nature
printed ~ Spain.
1901 lnquisition At Venice io cheek the
'iiiusiun oi knowledge hy the press
1879 --llelnr~ printed Ia G-fmany.
lGi2. -tia1"ii-rfs first Iubi-hrd IN Venice aud
;" called ir''n = 'lin 'nr which they we're sold.
Gaz'itn
li3s The hrs, houk on longitude written w
Nonins and printed ia Portugal.
li'i The first alphaori TOT the deaf an,l dumb.
with in.iri'iiuns printed ia Spain
i'sl --lrin'sT- 10 Paris. as u mark Oi respect
,uihutizr,i To wear swords
-. --iiuOk oi biophaniine Algebra first
printed.
liss. "English Mr,curis. \ pamphlet prin.
led the first attempt at I'eriodical liirra,urr
1908. --Flt'l lpccin'l Arithmetic printed in
Flanders.
lGi2.-kiug Jamr.. the present version Of the
Bible, whirh had bern scven YEAR in the hands Of
the 'ranslaiors. printed.
l"!'--NhrirF : lsosariihms printed.
l''.s'. Printing ai Cambridge. Ia,s bring
the first attempt within the pres ni limits oi the
United States
l'iI. -Thr lir,' code OF Pension Laws printed.
l'''l The Public lniyilsencrr 10y Sir
Roli ]. E-ir'ngr ID" first newspaper published
IN Enslan'l. "f ~hirh r lew numbers nrr still
rxtant.
ii''. First Treatise on Insurance printed.
l,ni The "iiosiOn News Letter the frs,
Paler within the limits of the United States. prin.
ted by John Campbell, Seoichman.
'pJ.--bE. Franklin, the American printer.
philosopher aud statesman, born in boston.
'p' american" crkly Mercury, the fret
paper ia Phlad.lPhia. printed
io:S.--The New York Gazette. the fr,i pa.
per in 'l'-' State. printed and published in June
l'!'. 'Mary land Gazette printed
'3l 80 Printing in South Carolina
lsi2.--fifsl printing on paper made within the
limiis at the United States.
Iji.-first printing ia Georgia
l.''.--Johnson' Dictionary printed in Eng
lani.
I71l.-l'riniing in Louisiana.
l''" -th'y-siG newspapers printed in the
United States
'9'.--firs, printing in Mississippi.
] 100 The ''Mississipri Nazrite printed in
Naichcz
lsla Printing in Alabama.
Sls.-Nine hundred newspapers printed in
the Tinted States.
ls3G Thirteen hundred newspapers in the
United States and Territories and District Of
Columbia. From that time TO the present the
increase OF newspapers and books printed has
scarcely limit.