| YEAR | KEYWORD | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | RUSHMORE, ARTHUR | Golden Hind Pres founded by Arthur Rushmore, active until 1955 |
| 1758 | SACY | Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), sensible and analytical scholar, a briljant man who served from 1833 to his death as keeper of Oriental manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. |
| 1493 | SCHEDEL | Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik published with illustrations by Wolgemut |
| 1772 | SCOTT, SIR WALTER | Ballantyne, James (1833). Publisher of Sir Walter Scott |
| 1819 | SENEFELDER | Senefelder's 'Complete course of lithography' published |
| 1796 | SENEFELDER | Senefelder starts experimenting printing from stone |
| 1494 | SHIP OF FOOLS | Brant. Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff published, illustrated with woodcuts, among them the famous Bookfool woodcut by Durer (?) |
| 1494 | SHIP OF FOOLS | DAS NARRENSCHIFF by Sebastian Brant, first publication. Within fifteen years the work appeared in one Latin, three French, one Dutch, one Low German and an English version. One reason often cited to explain Brant's far-reaching appeal was that he wrote in short chapters, mixed his *fools* skillfully, and maintained a fluid style that engaged his readers. |
| 1819 | SHOLES | Sholes, Christopher, d.1890, inventor of typewriter, first perfected typewriter was marketed by Remington 1874 |
| 1642 | SIEGEN, LUDWIG VON | Mezzotint invented by Ludwig von Siegen. |
| 1920 | SILKSCREEN | This technique was common in China centuries ago; after the First World War it was imported, via Japan, into the United States, where it was improved and subsequently it became known in Europe. A fabric screen with a fairly open weave, possibly nylon, is stretched over a wooden frame, and the parts which are not to beprinted through are covered with a varnish. The paper to be printed is placed under the frame and receives the colour when it is drawn across the screen (pochoir, Sieb, setaccio) with a rubber blade called a squeegee. The white areas in the print correspond to those parts of the fabric protected by the varnish. |
| 1472 | SPECULUM HUMANAE.. | Speculum Humanae Salvationes printed by Gunther Zainer |
| 1584 | SPIEGEL DER ZEEVAERDT | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by Plantin, seecharts by Waghenaer. From his name was the term Wagoner for seecharts derived |
| 1794 | SPILSBURY | Spilsbury's 'The Art of Etching and Aqua Tinting' published |
| 1830 | STANHOPE | Stanhope Press |
| -3500 | SUMERIAN CLAY TABLETS | Sumerians use cuneiform alphabet, pressed in clay with a triangular stylus. Clay tablets were dried and/or fired for longevity. Some even had clay envelopes,' which were also inscribed. Some people consider them to be the earliest form of the book. |
| 1922 | SYMONS | First Edition Club founded by A.J.A.Symons and Max Judge |
| 1835 | TALBOT | First photogenic drawing in 1835; first calotype in 1840. |
| 1835 | TALBOT | experiments with photography |
| 1841 | TAUCHNITZ | paperback. First paperbacks by Tauchnitz Verlag Germany |
| 1920 | TAYLOR, HAROLD | Golden Cockerel Press, founded by Harold Taylor |
| 1517 | TEUERDANCK | Teuerdank for emporer Maximilian published in a type that is considered to be a forerunner of the fraktur type. Book was printed by Hans Schönsperger. |
| 1570 | THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM | Ortelius. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, famous atlas by Abraham Ortelius |
| 1785 | TIMES, THE | Times. Foundation of Daily Universal Register, from 1788 to be called The Times. |
| 1738 | TIMES, THE | Walter, John, d.1812, founder of newspaper The Times, 1785/1788 |
| 1529 | TORY | Tory, Geoffroy Tory's Champleury published in Paris |
| 1530 | TORY | Tory, Geoffroy, becomes the first royal printer in Paris |
| 104 | TS'AI LOUEN | Papermaking discovered in China by Ts'ai Louen (date is not very specific: it may have been 105. Name also written as: Ts'ai Lun) Material used: plant bark, discarded cotton and old fishnets. |
| 1883 | TYPE | Malin, Charles, d.1955, Parisain punchcutter who in 1926 cut the punches for Eric Gill's Perpetua type |
| 1892 | TYPE | Krimpen, Jan van, d.1958. Dutch type designer, artistic adviser of Enschede printing company. Types: Lutetia, Romulus, Antigone, Romanee, Spectrum and Canceleresca |
| 1878 | TYPECASTING | Wicks, Frederick of Glasgow invented typecasting machine |
| 1819 | TYPEWRITER | Sholes, Christopher, d.1890, inventor of typewriter, first perfected typewriter was marketed by Remington 1874 |
| 100 | ULPIA | Ulpia. Bibliotheca Ulpia founded by Trajan, also serving as emperial archive |
| 1620 | UPPSALA UNIVERSITY | Uppsala University founded and books were presented to the university library by Gustavus Adolphus (many of the collections he took from Riga and Prussia and South Germany) |
| 1571 | UTRECHT PSALTER | Cotton, Sir Robert, d.1631. famous London manuscript collector, one of the early owners of the Utrecht Psalter |
| 1716 | UTRECHT PSALTER | Utrecht Psalter donated to the Utrecht University Library by Willem de Ridder, an official of the States of Utrecht. |
| 1147 | UTRECHT PSALTER | Utrecht Psalter, Eadwine Psalter, copy of the Utrecht Psalter, example of Canterbury Romanesque written at Christchurch by Eadwine |
| 1623 | VAILLANT | Vaillant, Wallerant, d.1677, Dutch artist active in mezzotint technique |
| 1543 | VESALIUS | Vesalius, Andreas, 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica', anatomical study, published by Johannes Oporinus |
| 1841 | VOIGTLANDER | First achromatic portrait lens specially designed for photography by Joseph Petzval, Vienna, introduced by Friedrich Voigtlaender. |
| 1471 | VULGATE BIBLE | Malermi Bible (Italian translation of the Vulgate) first printed in Venice by Wendelin da Spira |
| 1584 | WAGHENAER | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by Plantin, seecharts by Waghenaer. From his name was the term Wagoner for seecharts derived |
| 1584 | WAGONER | Wagoner. Publication of 'Spegel der Zeevaerdt' printed in Leyden by Plantin, seecharts by Waghenaer. From his name was the term Wagoner for seecharts derived |
| 1916 | WALKER, EMERY | Mall Press founded in London by Emery Walker and Bruce Rogers |
| 1717 | WALPOLE | Horace Walpole (1717-1797), author of thousands of diverting letters. |
| 1738 | WALTER | Walter, John, d.1812, founder of newspaper The Times, 1785/1788 |
| 1894 | WARDE | Warde, Frederic, d.1939, designer of Arrighi Italic (husband of Beatrice Ward) |
| 1900 | WARDE | Warde, Beatrice, d.1969. Writer and lecturer on typography |
| 1864 | WARLY TEXT SOCIETY | Warly English Text Society founded by F.J.Furnivall |
| 1282 | WATERMARK | Watermark, Oldes know watermark (Italy) |
| 1276 | WATERMARK | The important invention of watermarking was made at one of the Fabriano Mills in Tuscany during the second half of the 13th century. One can assume that the reason for the watermark was to give the product a branded trade mark of superior quality. There exists a remarkable archive of Fabriano watermarks going back to the first one in 1276, showing a mark for each year until modern times. |
| 1832 | WATT, PHILIP | Bookbinding, invention of sewing machine by Philip Watt of London |
| -200 | WAX TABLETS CODEX | before 1st C. BC Both Greeks and Romans used wax tablets, framed and backed with wood, for note taking, orders, correspondence, and other temporary informat ion. At times, two or more tablets were joined with thongs or cords, similar to a 3-ringed binder. The Latin name for this was _codex_, from the word for wood. Single wax tablets had been used earlier than this in Mesopotamia, Greece, and Etruria. |
| 1471 | WENDELIN DA SPIRA | Malermi Bible (Italian translation of the Vulgate) first printed in Venice by Wendelin da Spira |
| -2500 | WESTERN ASIAN SCROLLS | Animal skins are used for scrolls in Western Asia. |
| 1430 | WEYDEN | Weyden, Rogier van der, d.1464, illustration in Chronique du Haunaut. |
| 1464 | WEYDEN | Weijden, Rogier van der, death of. |
| 1465 | WEYDEN | Biblia Pauperum, first typeset edition made near Brussels, illustrations based on drawings by Rogier van der Weijden. |
| 1770 | WHATMAN | Whatman paper, English hand-made wove paper first made by James Whatman at Maidstone |
| 1924 | WHITAKER | Whitaker's Cumulative Book List of British books |
| 1878 | WICKS | Wicks, Frederick of Glasgow invented typecasting machine |
| 750 | WILLIBRORD | Willibrord Gospels made appr. 750, probably made by the artists of the Book of Durrow |
| 950 | WINCHESTER | Winchester School, 950-1100, characteristic style of manuscript illumination |
| 1140 | WINCHESTER | Winchester Bible, 1140-1190, English late Romanesque illumination |
| 1859 | WISE | Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937), best known for the forgeries of ninteenth-century pamphlets he cleverly produced and sold to unexpecting wealthy collectors. |
| 1434 | WOHLGEMUT | Wolgemut, Michael, d.1519, Nuremberg painter famous for his designs for woodcuts. |
| 1848 | WOOD ENGRAVING | Chatto's 'History and Art of Wood Engraving' published |
| 868 | WOODBLOCK | China, oldest known woodblock printing (method was in use much earlier) |
| 1865 | WOODBURY | Woodburytype invented by W.B.Woodbury |
| 1418 | WOODCUT | Woodcut, oldest known specimen |
| 1516 | WOODCUT, CHIAROSCURO | Ugo da Carpi (1480-1532), obtained from the Signoria of Venice the privilege for the chiaroscuro woodcut, which he claimed to have invented, even though none of his woodcuts is dated earlier than 1518. |
| 1508 | WOODCUT, COLOURED | Jost de Negker, active in Antwerp 1508-1544, master of Burgkmair, Cranach and Hans Baldung Grien. Believed to be the inventor of the colored woodcut. |
| -600 | WRITING SYSTEM DEVELOPED | 6th C. BC General agreement among Mediterranean cultures on left-to-right writing and reading. Before that, there was L-R, R-L, top-to-bottom, and boustroph edonic (back-and-forth). The Hebres kept R-L. |
| -431 | XENOPHON | (431-352 BC) author of Anabasis and Memorabilia. |
| 1944 | XEROGRAPHY | Xerography (Xerox copies) invented. |
| 1455 | XOLOGRAPHY | Biblia Pauperum, first xylographic version made in Germany |
| 1430 | XYLOGRAPHIC BOOKS | Xylographic. First xylographic books, or block books produced in Germany and Holland |
| 1894 | YELLOW BOOK | Yellow Book, The, until 1897. |
| 1816 | ZAEHNSDORF | Zaehnsdorf, Joseph, d.1886, Austro-Hungarian craftman bookbinder |
| 1896 | ZANDER | Zander, Carl: 'Photo-trichromatic Printing, in Theory and Practice' published |
| 1918 | ZAPF | Zapf, Hermann, book and type designer |
| 1910 | ZILVERDSITEL | Zilverdistel Press, in 1923 name was changed in Kunera Press |
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