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nevver: Salt, Murray Fredericks; sharonov: modern day caravan;  likiteesplit: Moxon Architects. Design for a new national museum in Oslo [Foto – Stonehouse Photographic]

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ben franklin’s copy

first comprehensive, english-language letterpress manual: joseph moxon’s Mechanick Exercises, vol 2 [printed for joseph moxon on the west-side of fleet-ditch, at the sign of atlas, london, 1683]. illustrated is spread at opening of §10. 

Printing in a Letterpress Studio on an Ostrander Seymour Washington Press

Since so many of you were curious about the project I was working on last week, I decided to make this little video about the process. Excuse the poor camera work... this was made entirely with my phone. Also, the print in the video didn’t stay mounted, but instead stuck to the type -- that’s not supposed to happen! My linocut block image was getting sticky and pulling the paper down from the clips. (Also -- there’s no music or talking in the video -- it’s just me trying to not look at the camera.) If there’s interest, I might be willing to do some instructional videos on printing and the early book trade.

Here are some additional photos from the project:

Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man.

You take a step towards him, he takes a step back.

Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man.

― A.R. Moxon