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Chinese Wooden Block Printing Set, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
sutras and good spirits. Though the printing press is said to have been invented in China, it never
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Printing Press

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Wood

Set of Chinese Wooden Printing Blocks, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
sutras and good spirits. Though the printing press is said to have been invented in China, it never
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Wood

The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
Located in Middletown, NY
lyrics, songs, and snatches found in his dramas London: Essex House Press, 1899. LIMITED EDITION 4to; 9
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Late 19th Century English Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Florence Architectural Decoration Hand-Colored Print Stemma
Located in Scandicci, Florence
European 18th and 19th centuries with the same printing techniques (engraving with a star press), the
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1840s Italian Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Florence Architectural Decoration Hand-Colored Print Stemma
Located in Scandicci, Florence
European 18th and 19th centuries with the same printing techniques (engraving with a star press), the
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1840s Italian Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
with an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing an antique fireplace, from a
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing an antique staircase, from a collection
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
centuries with the same printing techniques (engraving with a star press), the golden age of prints, which
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
extra-large print, printed on engraving paper with an antique star press and watercolored by hand
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
with an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing an antique palazzo's decorated wall
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper

Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
with only one printing press. He subsequently moved a few more times before arriving at 57, rue de
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
started his own firm in 1828 at 2, rue Pierre Sarrazin with only one printing press. He subsequently moved
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Esper Antique 18th century Moth engraving with original hand-colouring
By LG Klinger (engraver)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
image where the printing plate originally pressed in the paper as it went through the press.
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Engraving

Esper Antique 18th century Butterfly engraving with original hand-colouring
By JC Bock
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A German copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring of butterflies. Printed on hand made
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Engraving

Esper Antique 18th century Moth engraving with original hand-colouring
By LG Klinger (engraver)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
image where the printing plate originally pressed in the paper as it went through the press.
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Engraving

"Deer Shooting in the Northern Woods, " Hand-colored Lithograph
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin
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1860s Other Art Style Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Lithograph

'Partridge Shooting' original hand-colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier
By Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Lithograph, Watercolor

'The Flower Vase' original hand-colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier
By Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus
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1840s Romantic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Dutch Luther Bible with fine hand-coloured and highlighted in gold illustrations
By Claes Jansz. Visscher (II)
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Beautifully bound mid-17th-century "Visscher edition" of the Dutch Luther Bible with expertly hand
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1640s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Hand Printing Press

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Gold

"Shooting on the Prairie, " Original Hand-colored Lithograph by Currier & Ives
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop
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1870s Other Art Style Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Lithograph

Dear One Threads A Cocoon - Unique Hand-coloured Print in Walnut frame
Located in London, GB
then meticulously hand- coloured by the artist. Katie's work has received press by The Royal
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18th Century Other Art Style Antique Hand Printing Press

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Cotton, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Giclée, Black and White, Walnut, Pain...

Old Hand-Colored View of the City of Nice in Southern France, ca.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
-1869), was an engraver, lithographer and printer who founded a large printing press of popular
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1860s Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

Cadiz Island: A Framed 17th Century Hand-colored Map from Blaeu's Atlas Major
By Joan (Johannes) Blaeu
Located in Alamo, CA
Dam Square, were the largest the world had ever seen up to that time. When the printing press
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Antique Hand Printing Press

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Engraving

'Naval Heroes of the United States' hand-colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier
By Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop
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1850s Victorian Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Lithograph, Watercolor

'In Memory of William W. Peabody' original hand-colored lithograph by N. Currier
By Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Lithograph, Watercolor

The Holy Bible, Standard Edition, Illustrated Family Bible, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
two stunning decorative pewter clasps. The advent of the printing press encouraged the craft of
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1880s American Late Victorian Antique Hand Printing Press

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Leather, Paper

“Sylvia”
Located in Southampton, NY
color reproductions in publishing. With pochoir printing, the hand application of layers of pigment
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1920s Art Deco Antique Hand Printing Press

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Archival Paper, Stencil

Rare Palestine Antique Hebrew Judaica Yahrzeit Synagogue Sign Memorial Plaque
Located in Surfside, FL
Jerusalem in 1892 with a hand press, they established the A.L. Monsohn Lithographic Press in the Old City of
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Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Lithograph

Illuminated Manuscript Painting by the German School
By German School
Located in New Orleans, LA
use of the printing press transformed the social fabric of Europe at the turn of the 16th century, and
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Oxford: The University Press, 1885. With original full burgundy leather
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Hand Printing Press

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Leather, Paper

Piper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
hand coloring. Drawn, engraved and colored by Blackwell. 500 plates. 9" x 14 1/4" Paper size
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Engraving

Amygdalus. (Almond)
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
hand coloring. Drawn, engraved and colored by Blackwell. 500 plates. 9" x 14 1/4" Paper size
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Watercolor, Engraving

Cinara. Artichoke.
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
hand coloring. Drawn, engraved and colored by Blackwell. 500 plates. 9" x 14 1/4" Paper size
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Engraving

34 TUMBLING STARS on an ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-63, KANSAS
Located in York County, PA
COLORS, PRESS-DYED ON WOOL BUNTING, LIKELY PRODUCED FOR USE AS MILITARY CAMP COLORS, CIVIL WAR PERIOD
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1860s American Antique Hand Printing Press

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Wool

Mirror Frame With Engraved Dutch Print Depicting Dukes Of Mirandola Coat Of Arms
Located in Prato, Tuscany
to transfer the image to paper through the printing process, often using a press. Dutch artists such
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Modern Antique Hand Printing Press

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Wood, Paper

Leonetto Cappiello, Original Vintage Alcohol Poster, Bitter Campari, Clown, 1921
By Leonetto Cappiello
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
continued until the 1930s. He remained loyal to the Vercasson printing press until the early 1920s
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "University of Vienna Murals" 3 collotype prints
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

Holly
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Regensburg, 1735-47. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Engraving

Ananas Corona Multiplici
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Regensburg, 1735-47. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Engraving

The Kitchen Garden 507 (Root Vegetables)
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Mezzotint engravings. Original hand
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Engraving

Ananas Brava. Ananas Noblis
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint engravings. 10.25
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Engraving

#61. Aloe Africana
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint engravings. 10.25
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Mid-18th Century Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Gold Leaf

N. 66 Aloe Tuberosa Levis
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint engravings. 10.25
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Gold Leaf

#42. Aloe Mucronato
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint engravings. 14k Gold
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Gold Leaf

#65. Aloe Ferox
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Florham Park, NJ
. Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret. Hand-colored mezzotint engravings. 14k Gold
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Gold Leaf

Laguna Veneta.
By Otto Henry Bacher
Located in Storrs, CT
impression printed on chine collé mounted on white wove paper. Printing fold in the right-hand margin
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19th Century American Impressionist Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Etching

38 Star Antique American Flag by Horstman Brothers, Colorado Statehood, ca 1876
Located in York County, PA
, press-dyed on wool bunting, with wonderful texture and great colors. Made by Horstmann Brothers of
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1870s American Antique Hand Printing Press

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Cotton

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Farm House in Buchberg" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

Pl. IX Manege (Horsemanship)
By Denis Diderot
Located in Florham Park, NJ
encyclopedia was quite inclusive. It had examples of everything from the printing press to sea shells, cheese
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Hand Printing Press

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Engraving

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Church in Cassone" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Beech Forest II" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Farmhouse With Birch Trees" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Malcesine on Lake Garda" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Swamp" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Golden Apple Tree" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Farm Garden With Sunflowers" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Fruit Trees" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Hand Printing Press

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Paper

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic
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1910s Victorian Antique Hand Printing Press

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"Flushing a Woodcock, " an Original Lithograph by Currier & Ives
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark
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1850s Antique Hand Printing Press

Materials

Lithograph

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Antique Hand Printing Press For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique hand printing press for your home. Each antique hand printing press for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, fabric and wood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique hand printing press — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique hand printing press, designed in the neoclassical or louis xv style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique hand printing press over the years, but those crafted by Annin & Co. and Charles J. Kleingrothe are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Hand Printing Press?

Prices for an antique hand printing press can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $78 and can go as high as $850,145, while the average can fetch as much as $3,450.