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Description At the left in the foreground, a "puller" removes a printed sheet from the press. The "beater" to his right is inking the forme. In the background, compositors are setting type.
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Source Woodcut illustration in the 1568 book "Ständebuch", reproduced in "Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (p. 64)"
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Jost Amman  (1539–1591)  wikidata:Q116240 s:de:Jost Amman
 
Jost Amman
Description German-Swiss illustrator, painter, graphic artist, etcher, engraver and designer
Date of birth/death 1539 Edit this at Wikidata 17 March 1591 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Zürich Nuremberg
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Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q116240

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