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I am doing some research on a printing press that was established in Thanjavur, India in 1803. In two sources the type used is called "stone type" (which I would assume was lithography) but a third reference from 1872 describes it as “cast Devanagari type imported from Madras.” Anybody an expert on such and could clarify?
8 Feb 2013 — 4:31pm
I recommend trying to contact Graham Shaw, former head of Asian collections at the British Library and an expert on the history of printing in India.
10 Feb 2013 — 6:50am
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