The Haas-Galinha printing press

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2184-7681_51_2

Keywords:

Basto, Augusto Valério Ferreira Pinto, 1807-ca.1902, Galinha, Manuel Bernardes, 1810-1864, Haas-Decker, Wilhelm, 1766-1838, Haas-Galinha printing press, Printing press, 1784, Printing press, 1845, Typography, history

Abstract

This article revisits the history of a manual printing press kept at the General Library of the University of Coimbra. It reassesses its possible origin, and raises the hypothesis that it was originally made by Wilhelm Haas in Basel (Switzerland) around 1784, and repaired by Manuel Bernardes Galinha, in Coimbra (Portugal), in 1845. If true, this would make it the oldest iron printing press in the world.

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Published

2021-07-08

Issue

Vol. 51 (2021): Boletim da BGUC 51

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Artigos