LJ001-0001|Printing, in the only sense with which we are at present concerned, differs from most if not from all the arts and crafts represented in the Exhibition|Printing, in the only sense with which we are at present concerned, differs from most if not from all the arts and crafts represented in the Exhibition
LJ001-0002|in being comparatively modern.|in being comparatively modern.
LJ001-0003|For although the Chinese took impressions from wood blocks engraved in relief for centuries before the woodcutters of the Netherlands, by a similar process|For although the Chinese took impressions from wood blocks engraved in relief for centuries before the woodcutters of the Netherlands, by a similar process
LJ001-0004|produced the block books, which were the immediate predecessors of the true printed book,|produced the block books, which were the immediate predecessors of the true printed book,
LJ001-0005|the invention of movable metal letters in the middle of the fifteenth century may justly be considered as the invention of the art of printing.|the invention of movable metal letters in the middle of the fifteenth century may justly be considered as the invention of the art of printing.
LJ001-0006|And it is worth mention in passing that, as an example of fine typography,|And it is worth mention in passing that, as an example of fine typography,
LJ001-0007|the earliest book printed with movable types, the Gutenberg, or "forty-two line Bible" of about 1455,|the earliest book printed with movable types, the Gutenberg, or "forty-two line Bible" of about fourteen fifty-five,
LJ001-0008|has never been surpassed.|has never been surpassed.