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A Collection of turn-of-the-century printing equipment set up and functioning as a print shop established between 1890 and 1930.- 400 drawers of lead foundry type, 4 working platen presses, a Ludlow Line Caster, A Vandercook Model 46 proof press, many old engravings, some wood type.

Type. The very word is enough to put a smile on the face of any letterpress printer.  Ever since Johann Gutenberg and his associates began hand-casting individual metal letters half a millennium ago, the craft of typefounding has gone hand-in-hand with the Black Art of printing. With letterpress now enjoying an exuberant revival among fine…