For sale, a large unique MARINONI lithographic press from the second half of the 19th century. In beautiful working condition. The delivery includes several lithographic stones, a rolling roller, a trowel and many bottles and cans for paints, waxes... Upon agreement, we offer importation to the desired address and assembly of the press.

A native of Prague (1771-1834) living in Munich, he wrote plays. And he struggled with the printers' long deadlines. According to legend, he once wrote a laundry list for his laundromat in chalk on the windowsill, which in Munich was often made of limestone quarried in nearby Solenhofen. When he accidentally pressed the paper against it, the list printed well. And that was the beginning of his invention. The result of a series of subsequent experiments was lithography: a very beautiful and perfect technology that printed color images for most of the 19th century. The smoothed Solenhofen limestone is drawn with greasy chalk or greasy ink, and the undrawn areas are prepared in such a way that they receive water well. Oily paint can then be rolled over the greasy drawing many times, the stone outside the drawing gets wet. And it can be printed! 

Lithography – from the Greek lithos (λίθο ) = stone / graphein (γράφειν) = to write. We call this printing method desktop printing; printing and non-printing areas do not differ in height (unlike letterpress, intaglio printing) but in chemical properties. Offset works on the same principle, in most of its applications the color is rolled up and the non-printing areas of the printing form become wet. Color prints Senefelder's first invention was monochrome - black - lithography. Gradually he tried color prints. He wrote down his experiences in a lithography textbook, which was an unprecedented feat at that time. A few years later, we also encounter lithography in the Czech lands. In 1820, Antonín Machek printed in Prague in black ink, in 1844 color prints were printed in Prague, very likely the first labels for višňovka. Production of a printing form It is possible to prepare a printing form for Solenhofen stone by drawing with a brush, pen or engraving into the asphalt film on the surface of the stone. With transfer paper or membrane, it is possible to apply one motif multiple times on one stone, to enlarge or reduce it. These are the great advantages of lithography. For multi-color prints, one stone is used for each color. Images were usually printed from 12 stones, often from more. Even prints from 23 stones have been preserved. All this with absolutely precise compression.