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Robert Smail's Printing Works
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Celebrating 500 years of printing in Scotland
2008 has been designated the Year of the Printed Word by the Scottish Executive and ties in with quincentenary of Printing in Scotland. James IV granted the first license to Walter Chepman and Androw Myllar of 15 September 1507 and the earliest copy of one of their books (4 April 1508) is held in the collection of The National Library of Scotland.
These celebrations provide a unique opportunity to bring a spotlight onto Robert Smail’s Printing Works, one of Trust’s smaller and more unusual properties (and one of the few operational letterpress printers left in Scotland).
Exhibits from Smail's will be on view as part of Lasting Impressions: The National Trust for Scotland and the Printed Word at N° 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, from 1 August to 31 October.
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- Smail’s centre of local history week
The National Trust for Scotland’s Robert Smail’s Printing Works will be at the heart of Innerleithen’s local history week this March, helping to commemorate the past and present of one of the Borders’ most historic towns. more>
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