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Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Volume 03, 1897

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  • Format Book
  • Year 1897
  • Client/Publisher A. W. Penrose & Co.
  • Size 180mm 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), Volume 03, 1897
Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Volume 03, 1897
The third volume of British print annual, Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (later Penrose Annual).
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