Printing office. On left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from 'case' in front of them. Centre back type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in flatbed screwjack press centre right. Paper hung up to allow ink to dry before being stacked in pile by boy, centre front. Master printer in fur lined gown supervises his enterprise. After Stradanus (Jan van der Straet) 'Nova reperta' Antwerp c1600. Engraving

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Printing office. On left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from 'case' in front of them. Centre back type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in flatbed screwjack press centre right. Paper hung up to allow ink to dry before being stacked in pile by boy, centre front. Master printer in fur lined gown supervises his enterprise. After Stradanus (Jan van der Straet) 'Nova reperta' Antwerp c1600. Engraving

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