The Compositor's Upper Case (1828)

John Johnson, An Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia: or the Printer's Instructor; with an Appendix (Boston: C.L. Adams, 1828), 118.

Korea Was the First of All Peoples to Orginate Movable Metal Type (1899)

Homer Beza Hulbert, "Korean Inventions," Harpers New Monthly Magazine 99 (June 1899): 103.

Printing (1892)

The American Bookmaker: A Journal of Technical Art and Information 15 (August 1892): 33.

A Fount of Letter, as Considered by Letter Founders (1828)

John Johnson, An Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia: or the Printer's Instructor; with an Appendix (Boston: C.L. Adams, 1828), 53.

We Can Have No Hesitation in Decorating Their Brows With the Laurel Wreath as a Just Reward for Their Ingenuity and Exertion (1828)

John Johnson, An Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia: or the Printer's Instructor; with an Appendix (Boston: C.L. Adams, 1828), 25.

Guttenberg Showing His First Proof Sheet (1880)

Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine 8 (October 1880):448.

Caxton Showing the First Proof Sheet to the Abbot of Westminster (1896)

Walter Jerrold, The Triumphs of the Printing Press (London: S.W. Patridge and Company, 1896), image preceding title page.

Gutenberg and Faust's First Proof from Movable Type (1871)

Thomas MacKellar, The American Printer: A Manual of Typography, Containing Complete Instructions for Beginners, as Well as Practical Directions for Managing Every Department of a Printing Office. With Several Useful Tables, Numerous Schemes for Imposing Forms in Every Variety, Hints to Authors, Etc. (Philadelphia: MacKellar, Smiths, and Jordan, 1871), image prefactory to title page. 

On Seeing This 1511 Print of Primitive Diving Dress, We Instantly Realized That the Inception of Scientific Diving Was Due to the Action of an Elephant When Crossing a Deep River (1895)

Framley Steelcroft, "Divers and Their Work," The Strand Magaazine 10 (1895): 393.

"A" is the Exploding Cylinder; "M" the Lifeline, Fastened Round the Body of the Diver to Haul Him Up in Case of Accident to the Apparatus (1838)

"Blowing Up of the 'William' off Gravesend." The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette 29 (May 26, 1838): 129.