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Printing Industry in Restoration-Era London

Type Object Region England Time 1660–1669

After Charles II's restoration in 1660, London's printing industry quickly recovered from the strict censorship of the Civil War and Commonwealth per…

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  1. 1660London · LondonAfter Charles II's restoration, printers and booksellers suppressed by the Commonwealth regime quickly resumed operations; workshops around the London Stationers' Company restarted their letterpresses, and demand for printing political commentary and court announcements surged.
  2. 1661–1665London · LondonIn the first half of the 1660s, various periodic news sheets and political pamphlets appeared in London; printing workshops used wooden screw presses as core equipment, and output of commercial advertisements, almanacs, and popular reading continued to rise.
  3. 1662–1670London · LondonThe 1662 Printing Act established the Stationers' Company's monopoly and censorship mechanism over the printing industry; the trade continued to expand within the regulatory framework, and by around 1670 London had become one of Europe's most important printing and publishing centers.

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