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The Brothers Dalziel / A Record of Fifty Years Work in Conjunction with many of the Most Distinguished Artists of the Period 1840-1890

Chapter 24: THE PRINTING OFFICE.
By George Dalziel
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A family memoir and professional chronicle by a member of a long-running engraving firm, recounting the brothers' origins, training, and evolution in the craft. It combines technical discussion of wood engraving and emerging photographic and half-tone reproduction methods with reproduced letters from artists praising the firm's work, plates of representative engravings, and a compiled catalogue of illustrated books produced or supervised by the studio. The volume also documents the printing office, the firm's pupils, and includes indexes and notes to illustrate five decades of practical and artistic activity.

THE PRINTING OFFICE.

With the object of printing our own "Fine Art Books," early in the year 1857 we decided to set up a small printing office, which necessitated our obtaining much more extensive accommodation than we at that time possessed. We secured a long lease of the premises, 110—at that time known as 53—High Street, Camden Town, and under the style and title of The Camden Press gradually built up a large printing and publishing business. During nearly forty years of varied experience in this branch of the business, we printed a great number of important works for other publishers, as well as our own. Amongst the very last of these was "Dalziel's Bible Gallery."

The Camden Press, where this book was printed, is now in the hands of Charles and Harvey Dalziel. It fully maintains its repute for high-class art work, after the manner of the old firm, but "running to numbers" such as were never dreamt of in the days of

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