Printing Historical Society

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The Printing Historica[2]l Society or 'PHS' is a learned society devoted to the study of the history of printing, in all its forms.

History

The Society was founded in London in 1964 by a group of teachers, scholars, students of design and bibliography, librarians, professional printers and amateur enthusiasts, notably James Mosley, James Moran, John Dreyfus, Michael Turner, Berthold Wolpe, David Chambers and Michael Twyman. At the time, and to some degree ever since, the PHS had close connections with the St Bride Library (then called the St Bride Printing Library) and the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. The PHS was the first society to be instituted specifically for the study of printing history, and has been followed by several others, notably the American Printing History Association.

Aims

The aims of the PHS are stated to be 'to foster an interest in the history of printing and encourage both the study and the preservation of printing machinery, records, and equipment of historical value'.[3]

Publications

Since its inception, the PHS has produced a series of scholarly publications which are available to members, and often also to the general public. An occasional monograph series has included reprints of works and specimens of historical significance, as well as original books on printing type, printing presses, lithographic printers and other aspects of the discipline. The Society's Journal, originally issued annually and latterly published twice a year, has a good reputation for learning, originality, accuracy and detail, and for the reproduction of specimens of historical printing processes and documents. The Society has also published a Bulletin and, more recently, has joined with the Friends of St Bride and the National Printing Heritage Trust in issuing the quarterly Printing history news (now edited by Paul W. Nash). The Journal has had a series of distinguished editors and guest-editors, including Mosley, Twyman, Margaret M. Smith and John Trevitt.

References

  1. ↑ Elf
  2. ↑ Elf
  3. ↑ Quotation of original aims from www.printinghistoricalsociety.org.uk.

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