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Printing Presses – Presses typographique

266_balzac_pressesWe were surprised to find a whole room of printing presses at Château de Saché where Balzac wrote many of his masterpieces. We learnt that he was a printer before becoming a writer and initially published his own works. These are not his presses, but ones used during the same period.
Nous étions surrpris de trouver une pièce entière de presses typographiques au château de SachéThe Lily of the Valley – Le Lys dans la vallée où Balzac a écrit quelques-uns de ses chez d’oeuvres. Nous avons appris qu’il était imprimeur avant d’être écrivain et qu’il a publié ses propres oeuvres. Ce ne sont pas ses propres presses mais sont typiques de celles de l’époque.

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