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The article discusses printing in Mondovi, Italy during the 16th century with a particular focus on the printers Leonardo Torrentino and his father Lorenzo Torrentino. A brief profile is provided of Lorenzo Torrentino, including printing shop and his son Leonardo's publication of over thirty titles, is provided. The role that the Savoy government played in printing, including Duke Emanuel-Philibert of Savoy's (which was a region of southeastern France and northwestern Italy's) request for Lorenzo Torrentino to start a printing shop in Mondovi, is discussed.

The article discusses whether the manuscript of Brut's Chronicle, MS HM I36, is the printer's copy of publisher-printer William Caxton's first edition of the book "The Chronicles of the Land of England of 1480." Topics discussed include the relationship between the manuscript and the printed book, the production of Caxton's book by setting and printing by formes, and the modernization of Caxton's printing house.

The article discusses the pre-history of the printing industry in Cuba which included the earliest printers of Cuba Juan Carlos Habré and Francisco José de Paula. Topics include the economic conditions and social status of Paula and Habré, documents related to both printers which show that they were not penniless, and the reasons behind the setting up of the printing industry in Havana, Cuba.

The article offers information on the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) workshop “Signa vides – Researching and recording printers‘ devices: current activities and new perspectives” held from March 17-18, 2015, organized by scholars such as Anja Wolkenhauer, Michaela Scheibe, and Andreas Fingernagel. Topics discussed include the history of European printers' marks, databases on the history of Italian printing, and a networked web resource on Dutch printers' devices.

The article discusses jobbing letterpress printers in the 18th and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on issues of artistry and recognition within the printing trade. Details on tensions between jobbing printers and printing industry establishments such as guilds and fraternities are presented. Topics discussed include engraving, letterpress compositors, and mass production.

On 19 April 1684, Pedro Disses, former servant of the house of don Juan José of Austria, presented a report to the Diputación General del Reino de Castilla in which he offered the series of punches he had made, and could continue making, for the cutting of typographical molds. In doing so, he hoped to receive an official commission to continue his work; something which, given the difficulties encountered in printing at the time due to the absence of such instruments, he considered vital. The present article, accompanied by the relevant documentation, analyses the successive steps in the relationship between Pedro Disses and various Castilian institutions up to the 14 January 1690 when, following the concession of royal approval for Disses’ project, the Cámara de Castilla requested that the king order on-going assistance for Disses in the light of the importance of his work. Amongst the documentation analysed here, of particular importance is the the report of the Madrid printer Luis Antonio de Bedmar on the official meeting with the printers and Disses in October 1685. Bedmar reports on, and praises, the examples of letrerías presented by Disses and describes in somewhat exaggerated fashion, the critical situation of printing in Madrid, referring to the lack of punches and molds which would allow the printers to renew their typographies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article examines the evidence regarding the printing of John Milton's Tetrachordon (1645), the third in the author's series of divorce tracts. This work appeared without a printer's name, thus contravening the 1643 Licensing Order. While it has long been understood that Tetrachordon was printed collaboratively, this article questions the common attribution to the printers Samuel Simmons and Thomas Paine, who had printed The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643), and introduces the possibility that Francis Neile had a hand in the work, and that printing likely involved a network of printers working together. Exploring the forensic evidence of type, the complex printing contexts of Milton's divorce writings, and examining the unstable political identities of printers also brings to light Milton's long association with news-men. Further, the reappearance of Tetrachordon in John Starkey's book catalogues from the 1670s is addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses English Royal printer Richard Pynson (c.1449-1529/30), author Alexander Barclay (c. 1484-1552), and printer Robert Redman (d. 1540). Pynson was primarily a printer of royal statutes and proclamations, notable for the high quality of his work. He had a longstanding relationship with author and translator Barclay which resulted in the printing of several Latin texts with Barclay's translations or adaptations printed alongside. Pynson's relationship with rival printer Redman is explored and examples of Redman's use of Pynson's printing devices indicate Redman purchased part of Pynson's business after his death.