THE PENNY MAGAZINE

of the

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

"The Commercial History of a Penny Magazine"

In the second volume of The Penny Magazine (1833), Charles Knight published four supplements under the general title "The Commercial History of a Penny Magazine," which provide an introduction for the common reader to the history and technology of printing. Hardly noticed since its first publication, this work provides the modern reader with a compendious account of printing practices that were common at the height of the Industrial Revolution. We have reproduced these issues electronically in two formats: a graphic layout which provides a 72-dots-per-inch (dpi) digital reproduction of each page of the four articles; and an annotated text format which includes the full text of the articles, scanned reproductions of the images which attended them, and notes that document various references.

Table of Contents

Vol. II, Issue 96
No. 1--Introduction & Paper-Making

Annotated Text Layout	Graphic Layout
p. 377 p. 378 p. 379 p. 380 p. 381 p. 382 p. 383 p. 384	p. 377 p. 378 p. 379 p. 380 p. 381 p. 382 p. 383 p. 384

Vol. II, Issue 101
No. 2--Wood-cutting and Type-founding

Annotated Text Layout	Graphic Layout
p. 417 p. 418 p. 419 p. 420 p. 421 p. 422 p. 423 p. 424	p. 417 p. 418 p. 419 p. 420 p. 421 p. 422 p. 423 p. 424

Vol. II, Issue 107
No. 3--Compositors' Work and Stereotyping

Annotated Text Layout	Graphic Layout
p. 465 p. 466 p. 467 p. 468 p. 469 p. 470 p. 471 p. 472	p. 465 p. 466 p. 467 p. 468 p. 469 p. 470 p. 471 p. 472

Vol. II, Issue 112
No. 4--Printing Presses and Machinery--Bookbinding

Annotated Text Layout	Graphic Layout
p. 505 p. 506 p. 507 p. 508 p. 509 p. 510 p. 511	p. 505 p. 506 p. 507 p. 508 p. 509 p. 510 p. 511

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