Tag: printing

Former Site of Printer Christopher Saur’s House

Rudolf Cronau, “Bilder aus Alt-Germantown” (Pictures from old Germantown). Die Gartenlaube. Halbheft (half-issue) 20 (1899): 633

Saur (1693-1758) printed the nation’s first European-language Bible and a widely-read German newspaper.

Creators: Christoph Saur and Family, Trinity Lutheran Church.

Date of Creation: House built in 1731, torn down in 1860, site exists today

Place of origin: Germantown, Philadelphia

Materials: Stone and wood

Current location: Philadelphia

Information contributed by Bethany Wiggin.

Catálogo de Tipos, Orlas y Rayas

Courtesy of Biblioteca Nacional de México.

A catalogue of the printing type at Mexico’s government printing office, created by its workers in 1913.

Creators: Talleres de Imprenta y Fototipía de la Secretaría de Fomento.

Date of Creation: 1913

Place of origin: Mexico City

Physical measurements: 33cm, 106 pages.

Materials: Paper and ink

Process by which it was made: Printed

Current location: Biblioteca Nacional de México

Information contributed by Corinna Zeltsman.