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Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Volume 04, 1898

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  • Format Book
  • Year 1898
  • 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), Volume 04, 1898
Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (The Process Year Book), Volume 04, 1898
The fourth volume of British print annual, Penrose’s Pictorial Annual (later Penrose Annual).
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