Scotland’s Gutenberg: William Ged & the Invention of Stereotype Printing, 1725–49
Examining the ‘non-moveable type’ productions of Edinburgh goldsmith William Ged (c.1683–1749), Dr William Zachs hypothesises the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books, thus offering a revised history of book production in 18th-century Britain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMcEZ9FK6ak
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