The
Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
Articles sur l'histoire du livre:
| The Universal Magazine of
Knowledge and Pleasure: Containing News, Letters, Debates,
Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages,
Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematics,
Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry, Mechanicks,
Trade, Navigations, Architecture, and other Arts
and Sciences; which may render it Instructive and
Entertaining to Gentry, Merchants, Farmers, and Tradesmen.
To which occasionally will be added, An Impartial
Account of Books in several Languages, and of the
State of Learning in Europe; Also, of the STAGE,
New OPERA’S, PLAYS, and ORATORIO’S. Published
monthly according to an Act of Parliament, For John
Hinton, at the Kings-Arms in St.
Paul’s Church-Yard,
London. [Price Six Pence] |
Volume
1, June
1747
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To the authors of the Universal Magazine,
London. The Art of Printing has been found of so great
Use and Benefit to Mankind, by preserving and transmitting
to Posterity the Treasures of ancient and modern Learning,
yet the Manner by which it is performed, is so inconceivable
to most People; that, I presume, your giving the following
Account of the Authors, Discovery, Improvement, Progress,
and Practice of this Art, a Place in your Magazine,
will very much oblige the public (pp. 27-33, and continues
on pp. 60-62).
(Illustration of “The Printing Press” and “The
Letter Case for the Roman” on pp. 26)
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This article gives an introduction to
printing, describing the invention of the printing
press, describing the parts of a press, the various
occupations of the trade, the fonts and the type cases.
The author also describes what is involved in printing,
and describes the various tools of the trade. |
History of Printing |
Volume 3, October 1748. |
| To the Proprietors of the Universal
Magazine. Your Publication of other Arts and Sciences
is a sufficient
Invitation for me to communicate the following Pages,
in which your Readers will find a faithful Account
of the curious Art of Engraving, Etching, and Cutting
in Wood, with certain Rules for practising and improving
those Arts from my own Experience, and compared with
the most approved Writers on those subjects (pp. 178-183).
(Illustration of “The Art of Engraving and Etching” on
pp. 179) |
As the title suggests, the article is a broad introduction
to the art of engraving, with a discussion of the tools
and techniques involved in the trade. |
Engraving |
Volume 10, June 1752. |
| The Method of making Paper. Illustrated
with a Copper-Plate, representing the Inside of a
Paper-Mill, with the Men
at Work (pp. 324-326). (Illustration of “A Paper
Mill” on pp. 324) |
Discussion of the history of paper and a description
of the way paper is made. The illustration has a detailed
explanation of the process. |
Paper |
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