Historical Type in the Collection of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp from a Metal Conservator's Point of View
From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, hand presses and movable type were used for book printing. The knowledge of historical lead-based types, from a material point of view, is relatively scarce. The conservation of type in the Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp) drew attention to the cor...
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| Language: | English |
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Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis |
| Online Access: | https://www.tmgonline.nl/article/10.18146/2213-7653.2016.265/ |