Title: Before photocopying
First published: 1999
Description: "The authors cover the art and history of mechanical copying from the dawn of the industrial revolution to the remarkable founding of the Xerox Corporation."--BOOK JACKET. "This work presents the first scholarly study of the precursors of today's high-tech, high-speed copiers. Its illustrations offer an incredible array of copying equipment from U.S. Patent Office documents, vintage photographs, and 19th century company catalogs."--BOOK JACKET. "Before Photocopying is an important addition to the libraries of all copybook conservators, collectors, and historians of American and British business history."--Jacket.
Subjects: Copying processes, History, Writing materials and instruments, Copying machines, Office equipment and supplies
LC classification: Z48 .R49 1999