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1856–1929, American librarian and museum director, b. Woodstock, Vt. He was a lawyer and a civil engineer before joining the staff of the Denver (Co...
1889–1967, English typographer and journalist. Morison was typographical consultant to Cambridge Univ. Press and to the English Monotype Corp. and e...
(s môN´ d kôl n´) (KEY) , d. 1546, Parisian printer. He was associated with the elder Henri Estienne and continued his work. Colines used elegant...
(w d´n r) (KEY) , 1885–1912, American bibliophile, b. Philadelphia. He had the greatest Robert Louis Stevenson collection in existence. Widener die...
( r´härt rä´tôlt) (KEY) , 1442–1528, printer in Venice from 1476 to 1486 and in Augsburg from 1487 to 1522. A sheet showing specimens of his si...
(ôt´mär m r´g n-tä´´l r) (KEY) , 1854–99, American inventor of the Linotype (see printing). Mergenthaler was born in Germany. He emigrated to...