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Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Volume 07, 1901

Cover and title page designed by Mr. Chas. E. Dawson

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  • Format Book
  • Year 1901
  • Client/Publisher A. W. Penrose & Co.
  • Size 185mm x 245mm
The Penrose Annual
Penrose’s Annual was an annual survey of printing and reproduction processes, documenting the technical and aesthetic development of the graphic arts

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Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Vol. VII, 1901
Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Vol. VII, 1901

 

Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Vol. VII, 1901
Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Vol. VII, 1901

 

Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Vol. VII, 1901
Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Vol. VII, 1901
Volume seven of the British Penrose Annual, that documented print process, technology and art and design progression.
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