[Extract from "Sallust" - the first book printed by the stereotype process, invented by William Ged, 1739]
1885
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Printed in May 1895 on the occasion of the visit of the Edinburgh Assistant Booksellers' Association to the Advocate Library, from a plate used by William Ged, the inventor of stereotyping, in his edition of "Sallust", Edinburgh, 1739 - the first book printed by the stereotype process. The plate is preserved in the Advocates' Library. Stereotyping the first metal printing plates which William Ged invented.
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2p. ; 30cm
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4/GED
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English
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3421064