Guided visit of the printing press / the petites allees

Printing with lead characters: Once upon a time there was a letterpress print works that was almost 200 years old... Here the famous naturalist, René Primevère Lesson, had one his books printed, "Flore Rochefortine". Here a printing technique is perpetuated that was first used in Europe by Gutenberg in the 1500s. Printers use moveable lead characters that are arranged to form words, lines and a text that are then placed on a printing form. Ink is then applied to the letters and the text is printed on a printing press.

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