Encyclopédie plates, 1769 (vol 7, pl 14)

An illustration of a pressroom: on the left the paper is being placed on the tympan while the type is being inked; on the right a separate press is being pulled while the beater works the ink in the background. At the bottom of the page is a top-down view of the press showing how a quarto imposition looks on the press stone and how it is inked on the paper held on the tympan.

An illustration of a pressroom: on the left the paper is being placed on the tympan while the type is being inked; on the right a separate press is being pulled while the beater works the ink in the background. At the bottom of the page is a top-down view of the press showing how a quarto imposition looks on the press stone and how it is inked on the paper held on the tympan.

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Jean D’Alembert, Robert Bénard, Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques. [Encyclopédie.] Paris: André le Breton et al, 1769. (vol. 7, plate 14)

Smithsonian Libraries, AE25 .E53X 1751 Plates (public domain)

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