| YEAR | KEYWORD | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| 1816 | ZAEHNSDORF | Zaehnsdorf, Joseph, d.1886, Austro-Hungarian craftman bookbinder |
| 1817 | CLYMER | Columbian Press by George Clymer |
| 1817 | LAROUSSE | Larousse, Pierre, d.1875, founder in 1856 of Parisian publishing house |
| 1819 | REMINGTON | Sholes, Christopher, d.1890, inventor of typewriter, first perfected typewriter was marketed by Remington 1874 |
| 1819 | SHOLES | Sholes, Christopher, d.1890, inventor of typewriter, first perfected typewriter was marketed by Remington 1874 |
| 1819 | TYPEWRITER | Sholes, Christopher, d.1890, inventor of typewriter, first perfected typewriter was marketed by Remington 1874 |
| 1819 | SENEFELDER | Senefelder's 'Complete course of lithography' published |
| 1819 | QUARITCH | Quaritch, Bernard, d. 1899, antiquarian bookseller |
| 1822 | PHOTOGRAPHY | Heliography invented by Niépce in 1822. He made his first photograph in 1826. |
| 1822 | GONCOURT | Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) he and his brother jules achieved widespread fame as collaborative artists and novelists of French manners. His library, Bibliothèque Goncourt, was offered for sale in 1987. |
| 1822 | HELIOGRAPHY | Invented by Niépce. He made his first photograph in 1826. |
| 1824 | ATHENEUM | Atheneum Club in London founded by Richard Heber |
| 1825 | BÖRSENVEREIN | Börsenverein der Deutsche Buchhandlung, Organization for German Booktrade, founded (those engaged in reprinting were excluded!) |
| 1827 | DEBERNEY ET PEIGNOT | Deberny and Peignot, largest typefounding firm of France established, based on association by the novelist Balzac and printer Andre Barbier |
| 1828 | ROSSETTI | Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, d.1882, painter and poet, designer of bookbindings |
| 1828 | DE VINNE | De Vinne, Theodore, d.1914, American printer, co-founder of the Grolier Club |
| 1829 | BRAILLE | Braille, Invention of embossed printing for the blind by Louis Braille. |
| 1830 | CYLINDER | Drum Cylinder Press by R.Hoe |
| 1830 | STANHOPE | Stanhope Press |
| 1832 | BUSCH, WILHELM | (1832-1908). Germany. Studied at Düsseldorf and Munich academies. Painter, graphic artist, poet, illustrator. Book: Krischan mit der Piepe (1864) |
| 1832 | BINDING | Bookbinding, invention of sewing machine by Philip Watt of London |
| 1832 | LITHOGRAPHY, RAUCOURT | Raucourt's 'A Manual of Lithography' published |
| 1832 | WATT, PHILIP | Bookbinding, invention of sewing machine by Philip Watt of London |
| 1833 | DAGUERREOTYPE | Daguerreotype invented |
| 1833 | BURNE-JONES, EDWARD | (1833-1898). England. Attended Exeter College with William Morris, with whom he settled in London. Associated with Pre-Raphaelites. Books: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted (Kelmscott Press, 1896) |
| 1833 | BRACQUEMOND, FÉLIX | (1833-1914). Born in Paris. Worked for a commercial lithographer, studied with Guichard. Began etching 1849. Chief painter for Sèvres factory and director of studio for decoration of Haviland porcelain. Book: Les Fleurs du Mal (1861) |
| 1834 | MORRIS | Morris, William, d.1896. Started the Kelmscott Press in 1891. |
| 1835 | BAXTER | Baxter patented his printing process |
| 1835 | TALBOT | experiments with photography |
| 1835 | TALBOT | First photogenic drawing in 1835; first calotype in 1840. |
| 1836 | CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY | Chromolithography by Gottfried Engelmann |
| 1837 | CHROMOLITOGRAPHY | Chromolitography, first time use of this term |
| 1837 | BAUERSCHE GIESSEREI | Bauersche Giesserei (until 1971). Typefounders |
| 1838 | COLOR PRINTING | Knight, Charles, patented a method of color printing in which four relief blocks of wood or metal rotated and impressed in turn on to a sheet of paper |
| 1838 | KNIGHT | Knight, Charles, patented a method of color printing in which four relief blocks of wood or metal rotated and impressed in turn on to a sheet of paper |
| 1839 | PHOTOGRAPHY | Head of the Charité Clinic in Paris, Dr. Alfred Donné, was the first to announce success with etching daguerreotype plates. |
| 1839 | DONNÉ, ALFRED | Head of the Charité Clinic in Paris, Dr. Alfred Donné, was the first to announce success with etching daguerreotype plates. |
| 1840 | ILLSTRATED LONDON NEWS | Illustrated London News founded |
| 1840 | POLIDORI | Polidori Private Press founded, ceased activities in 1850 |
| 1840 | ILLUSTRATION | Illustration, first issue |
| 1840 | BERRES, Dr. JOSEPH | 18 April 1840 Dr. Joseph Berres, professorof anatomy in Vienna, stated in the Wiener Zeitung that he had succeede in converting daguerreotypes in to printing plates. |
| 1840 | PHOTOGRAPHY | 18 April 1840 Dr. Joseph Berres, professorof anatomy in Vienna, stated in the Wiener Zeitung that he had succeede in converting daguerreotypes in to printing plates. |
| 1840 | ILLUSTRIERTE ZEITUNG | Illustrierte Zeitung first issue published |
| 1841 | PHOTOGRAPHY | First achromatic portrait lens specially designed for photography by Joseph Petzval, Vienna, introduced by Friedrich Voigtlaender. |
| 1841 | HALF TONE | Meisenbach, Georg, d.1912. Inventor of half-tone reproduction |
| 1841 | TAUCHNITZ | paperback. First paperbacks by Tauchnitz Verlag Germany |
| 1841 | VOIGTLANDER | First achromatic portrait lens specially designed for photography by Joseph Petzval, Vienna, introduced by Friedrich Voigtlaender. |
| 1841 | MEISENBACH | Meisenbach, Georg, d.1912. Inventor of half-tone reproduction |
| 1841 | PAPERBACK | paperback. First paperbacks by Tauchnitz Verlag Germany |
| 1843 | PAPER | Paper, first time use wood for making paper |
| 1844 | MONOTYPE | Lanston, Tolbert, d.1913, inventor of monotype typesetting |
| 1848 | WOOD ENGRAVING | Chatto's 'History and Art of Wood Engraving' published |
| 1848 | BAMPTON PRESS | Bampton Press' foundation date. |
| 1848 | MARX | Marx, Karl: 'Das Kapital' published |
| 1850 | HUNTINGTON | Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), millionaire entrepreneur built a library on the grounds of an old orange grove in Sam Marino in Southwest California. Library is amongst the finest in the world. |
| 1850 | HEIDELBERG | Heidelberg, First press made by Andreas Hamm |
| 1853 | PHOTOGRAPHY | Photographic Society of London founded by Sir Charles Eastlake. |
| 1853 | AUER | Nature Printing developed by Alois Auer |
| 1853 | NATURE PRINTING | Auer, Alois, invents nature printing technique (direct duplication of natural objects) |
| 1854 | LINOTYPE | Mergenthaler, Ottmar, d.1899 from Hachtel, Germany, invented linotype in 1884 |
| 1854 | MERGENTHALER | Mergenthaler, Ottmar, d.1899 from Hachtel, Germany, invented linotype in 1884 |
| 1854 | PHOTOGRAPHY | Société Française de Photographie founded by Eugène Durieu. |
| 1856 | PHOTOGRAPHY | First general treatise on the various applications of photography to the printing press published by Georg Kessler in Berlin. |
| 1856 | KESSLER, GEORG | First general treatise on the various applications of photography to the printing press published by Georg Kessler in Berlin. |
| 1857 | BULLEN | Bullen, Henry Lewis, d.1938, creator of American Type Founders Company Library and Museum in Jersey City. |
| 1857 | AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS | Bullen, Henry Lewis, d.1938, creator of American Type Founders Company Library and Museum in Jersey City. |
| 1857 | PHOTOGRAPHY | John Pouncy's DORSETSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED was the first book illustrated by photolithography, two volumes containing 79 plates in total. |
| 1857 | POUNCY, JOHN. | John Pouncy's DORSETSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED was the first book illustrated by photolithography, two volumes containing 79 plates in total. |
| 1857 | HAEBLER | Haebler, Konrad, d.1946. German bibliographer, research and writings on incunabula. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke |
| 1859 | DOVES PRESS | McLeish, Charles, d.1949. Binder of Edinburgh, worked for the Doves Bindery |
| 1859 | HUPP | Hupp, Otto, German engraver and type-cutter |
| 1859 | BINDING | McLeish, Charles, d.1949. Binder of Edinburgh, worked for the Doves Bindery |
| 1859 | McLEISH | McLeish, Charles, d.1949. Binder of Edinburgh, worked for the Doves Bindery |
| 1859 | FORGERY | Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937), best known for the forgeries of ninteenth-century pamphlets he cleverly produced and sold to unexpecting wealthy collectors. |
| 1859 | WISE | Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937), best known for the forgeries of ninteenth-century pamphlets he cleverly produced and sold to unexpecting wealthy collectors. |
| 1860 | BRITISH TYPOGRAPHIA | Jones, George W., d. 1942, Bitish master printer, founded The British Typographia in 1887 |
| 1860 | PHOTOGRAPHY, COLOR | Colour photography by J.C.Maxwell |
| 1860 | JONES | Jones, George W., d. 1942, Bitish master printer, founded The British Typographia in 1887 |
| 1860 | BUCKRAM | Buckram, first used for bookcovers. |
| 1860 | BINDING | Buckram, first used for bookcovers. |
| 1863 | PISARRO | Pissarro,Lucien, d.1944 (Eragny Press) |
| 1863 | BULLOCK | Rotary web-fed letterpress machine invented by William Bullock. |
| 1863 | CURWEN PRESS | Curwen Press founded. |
| 1863 | ROTARY LETTERPRESS | Rotary web-fed letterpress machine invented by William Bullock. |
| 1863 | ERAGNY | Pissarro,Lucien, d.1944 (Eragny Press) |
| 1864 | WARLY TEXT SOCIETY | Warly English Text Society founded by F.J.Furnivall |
| 1865 | WOODBURY | Woodburytype invented by W.B.Woodbury |
| 1865 | GOUDY | Goudy, Frederic W., d.1947, American type designer. |
| 1866 | PLANTIN | Plantin Press, last dated work |
| 1866 | RICKETTS | Ricketts,Charles, d. 1931, founder of the Vale Press |
| 1867 | BONNARD, PIERRE | (1867-1947), French, studied law, worked at École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian, joined the Nabis. First graphic work 1889-1991. Lithographer, designed posters, music sheets, periodical and book covers, and many illlustrations. Also painter. Books:Petites Scènes Familières, Pour Piano (1893); La Lithographie Originale en Couleurs (1898); Parallément (Verlaine, 1900); Daphnis et Chloé (Longus, 1902). |
| 1868 | FITZPATRICK | Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick (1868-1952), *field collector* for the Iowa State Historical Society. 1913 he accepted a teaching position in the botany department at the University of Nebraska. He left an immense collection of books. The university of Nebraska took a *limited* selection of 10,000 books, pamphlets, magazines dealing specifically with botany and the history of science. |
| 1868 | CHAUCER SOCIETY | Chaucer Society founded. Active until 1912. |
| 1868 | BERNARD, EMILE | At age sixteen Emile Bernard (1868-1941) entered atelier Cormon, where he was associated with Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh. At Pont Aven with Gaigain in 1886 and 1888. Member of Nabis. Book: Les Amours (Pierre de Ronsard, 1915). |
| 1869 | KLINGSPOR | Klingspor, Karl, d.1950. Typefounder of Offenbach am Main, Germany |
| 1869 | HARLEIAN | Harleian Society for the printing of heraldic material |
| 1870 | ROGERS, BRUCE | Rogers, Bruce, d.1957. American printer and typographer. Worked at the Cambridge University Press and the Oxford University Press. Types designed by Rogers: Montaigne, Centaur |
| 1870 | COCKERELL | Cockerell, Douglas, d.1945. Leading English teacher handbookbinding |
| 1870 | BARLACH, ERNST | German, studied at Hamburg School of Applied Art, Dresden Academy, and Académie Julian in Paris. One of the most important German expressionist artists. Some of the books he illustrated: Der Tote Tag (1912), Der Arme Vetter (1919), Goethe Gedichte (1924), Schiller: An Die Freude (1927). |
| 1872 | BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT | (1872-1898). Self taught artist. Draughtsman who was primarily an illustrator, one of the most influential English artists of the nineties. Books: The Birth, Life and Acys of King Arthur (1893-1894); Salome, translated by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (1894). |
| 1872 | JOHNSTON | Johnston, Edward, d.1944, British teacher of calligraphy |
| 1874 | KIPPENBERG | Kippenberg, Anton, d.1950. From 1905 director of Insel-Verlag |
| 1874 | LOWELL, AMY | Amy Lowell (1874-1925). The greatest of all American women collectors. Today her collection is housed in its own room on the second floor of the Houghton Library at Harvard University. |
| 1876 | BRANCUSI, CONSTANTIN | (1876-1957). Rumanian. Studied in art academies of Bucharest and Cracow, emigrated to paris 1904. One of the first abstract sculptors. Also lithographic work. Book: Tales Told of Shem and Shaun (James Joyce, 1929) |
| 1876 | PLANTIN | Plantin-Moretus Museum acquired by the city of Antwerp |
| 1877 | ROOS, SJOERD DE | Roos, Sjoerd de, d.1962. Leading Dutch typedesigner. Types: De Roos Roman, Egmont, Hollandsche Mediaeval, Erasmus, Grotius. 1927 founded Heuvel Press |
| 1878 | RENNER | Renner, Paul, d.1956, type designer, sanserif series Futura. Wrote Die Kunst der Typographie, published 1940 |
| 1878 | ROYEN | Royen, Jean-Francois van, d.1942. Director of Zilverdistel Press. |
| 1878 | ERNST LUDWIG PRESS | Kleukens, Friedrich Wilhelm, d.1956. German graphic arts teacher, director of Ernst Ludwig Press from 1907-1914. Founded the Kleukens Presse in 1919 and the Mainzer Presse in 1929. |
| 1878 | TYPECASTING | Wicks, Frederick of Glasgow invented typecasting machine |
| 1878 | PRINTING | Wicks, Frederick of Glasgow invented typecasting machine |
| 1878 | EHMCKE | Ehmcke, Fritz Helmut, d.1965, German graphic artist and type designer, worked together with F.W.Kleukens |
| 1878 | WICKS | Wicks, Frederick of Glasgow invented typecasting machine |
| 1878 | KLEUKENS | Kleukens, Friedrich Wilhelm, d.1956. German graphic arts teacher, director of Ernst Ludwig Press from 1907-1914. Founded the Kleukens Presse in 1919 and the Mainzer Presse in 1929. |
| 1879 | REGEMORTER | Regemorter, Berthe van, d.1964. Belgium bookbinder |
| 1879 | FORSTER | E.M.Forster (1879-1970). HOWARDS END, 1910. |
| 1879 | BINDING | Regemorter, Berthe van, d.1964. Belgium bookbinder |
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