Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02


book printed in German In America,
the first book printed IN New York.
the nrst book printed IN English speak
Ing America. the book printed from
the 0rst types made in America ger
mantown. l1I2. the nrst sob printed
bv Franklin when "a CONF ositor lh
London N72D, the first stereotype
matrlx for curved plates used IN
America (Now York Tribune, Aug. 81
tS6tD. the first book printed from
.tcrotypc platcs Edinburgh, 1880, the
6rst hook prlntcd from stereotype
plates in America CNew York, Watt
1871 and many other curiosities or
inc same nature Here is the biggest
newspaper ever issued. each page with
fourteen columns, each column iour-
teen ricas wide and forty-eight lnches
long. each page four feet six lnches
high. aud here is the smallest news
paper. the size Of postage stamp.
Here also ls the earliest known picture
Of IA printing office CParis 1900, as
well as the earliest picture OF an
American printing office philadelphia.
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The aim is o. assemble all the data
necessary 10 construct an intahblc
record Of the achievements in printing
and OF printers in America trom inc
beginning by which the Development
of the ara and industry may be traced
10 this time 10 IS also aimed 10 pre-
serve an contemporary Items and data
which will be Of interest or value
century hence.
HISTORY OF TYPEMAKING.
The history of typemaking from the
beginning (about 1850 to the present
time is Illustrated boy a COLLECTION OF
carly prlnted and type specimen books
and broadsides from every country ln
which TYNE ig made. This collection
A. the most complete of its kind ~
existence IL establishes the latA'
awards credit 20 whom credit ls que
and lis value and interest Increase year
by year. 81.
Here is an exhibit from Japan OF ga
the appliances used Tor ptlh,lls poo D.n.s
and pictures from blocks In Japan ahu
china. autedatiug the invention OF
movable types some centuries. u was
bv this Identical method that books
were reproduced IN Europe early ia the
fifteenth century, and from these the
movable type was simply an eNolullou'
one Of these early European block
hooks OF "a leaves sold recently al auc-
lion I'm vienna for 81. 600 a single au-
thenticated leaf costs some hundreds
Of dollars This printing outht might
be hacked ia dress suit case. lhdt il
rs remarkably effective Is proved by the
admirable specimens exhibited IN the
same case.
There Is much relating to Franklin,
OF course. ia the museum. Very inter
esting is an autograph letter relatnS
to the purchase Of Caslon types IN
London and an autograph letter from
his partner Han. giving statement
OF the profits Of the printing business
while the printer-philosopher was rep
resenting the colonies Ina England. IL
shows good business and good profits
too Here may be seen not only the
premier works of Baskerville. Bodoni.
Aldus. the Elzovlrs, Bulmcr Frobcn,
Didot and other famous printers. but
also their portraits and medals.
FAMOUS EARLY BOOKS.
Among the rare books are many
printed I'm the first quarter century OF
the art An effort has been made to
secure an the earlier books which refer
historically TO printing and all upon
which the legends Of COster and Of
Gutenberg are established. Here the
history Of printing may be studied at
first hand. and the most famous early
books in which topographic style was
developed may be examined.
The Items relating TO paper show the
first suggestion Of paper from wood
pulp by Reaumur. the inventor OF the
thermometer. in 17l9 lie called the
| attention OF papermakers 10 the fact
J that wasps' nests are constructed Of
paper made from wood by those in
/ gCnious insects and suggested possibili-
ties that have been more than realized.
Here rs a book the first printed nom
paper made OF wood entirely. here an
other on the first paper made from
straw. 10 was printed I'm 1900 in Eng
land AZ a period when the Napoleonic
embargo on British trade in Europe
created a famine of rags and forced