Everyone knows about Gutenberg, his perfection of casting and printing from moveable type, and the dubious first choice of printing the Bible. Hardly anybody knows about Alois Senefelder, the man who invented the next great breakthrough in printing, lithography. Printing from stone in Senefelder's method is the precursor of offset printing. It is a fascinating story.
Senefelder Invents Lithography
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