Related Journals

• British Printer
  • The British Lithographer was absorbed into The British Printer in October of 1895
• British Bookmaker
  • The British Lithographer was also merged with The British Bookmaker to form The British Printer in October of 1895

Start Date(s)

• 1891 (journal itself)

End Date(s)

• 1895 (journal itself)

Editor(s)

• Hilton, Robert
• Harrap, Charles

Printer/Publisher(s)

• Raithby, Lawrence, & Co.

City

• London, England (journal itself)

Type of Content

• Contains advertisements, articles on technical artistry, answers to correspondents, general trade report (Waterloo Online)

Notes

• "In 1894-95, sister journals, The British Lithographer and The Counting House as well as The British Bookmaker were absorbed into The British Printer" (Shep, "British Printer")
  • Specifically, The British Lithographer ends with the August/September 1895 issue (journal itself)
• "In surveying the field we aspire to fill with this new venture in technical journalism, we have been both surprised and gratified with the generous and hearty reception accorded to us by the lithographic craft--printers and artists alike" (vol. 1, no. 1, Oct./Nov. 1891, p. 1)
• Publisher's address (Raithby, Lawrence & Co.): 1 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus and Queen St. Leicester (journal itself)

Subject Categories

• Book Arts
• Design
• Fine Art
• Illustration
• Lithography
• Printing Trade

Issues

• British Lithographer 1.1 (Oct./Nov. 1891)
• British Lithographer 1.2 (Dec./Jan. 1891/1892)
• British Lithographer 1.3 (Feb./Mar. 1892)
• British Lithographer 1.4 (Apr./May 1892)
• British Lithographer 1.5 (June/July 1892)
• British Lithographer 1.6 (Aug./Sept. 1892)
• British Lithographer 2.7 (Oct./Nov. 1892)
• British Lithographer 2.8 (Dec./Jan. 1892/1893)
• British Lithographer 2.9 (Feb./Mar. 1893)
• British Lithographer 2.10 (Apr./May 1893)
• British Lithographer 2.11 (June/July 1893)
• British Lithographer 2.12 (Aug./Sept. 1893)
• British Lithographer 3.13 (Oct./Nov. 1893)
• British Lithographer 3.14 (Dec./Jan. 1893/1894)
• British Lithographer 3.15 (Feb./Mar. 1894)
• British Lithographer 3.16 (Apr./May 1894)
• British Lithographer 3.17 (June/July 1894)
• British Lithographer 3.18 (Aug./Sept. 1894)
• British Lithographer 4.19 (Oct./Nov. 1894)
• British Lithographer 4.20 (Dec./Jan. 1894/1895)
• British Lithographer 4.21 (Feb./Mar. 1895)
• British Lithographer 4.22 (Apr./May 1895)
• British Lithographer 4.23 (June/July 1895)
• British Lithographer 4.24 (Aug./Sept. 1895)

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• COPAC
• Roberts p. 36
• Shep, "British Printer"
• Stewart vol. 1, p. 419
• Ulrich and Kup p. 84
• Young p. 38

Works Cited

• COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
• Roberts, Helene E. “British Art Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” Victorian Periodicals Newsletter, no. 9, 1970, pp. 1–183. JSTOR.
• Shep, Sydney J. “The British Printer.” Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism, Updated online edition, 2014. C19 Index.
• Stewart, James D., editor. British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 4 vols. Butterworths, 1968.
• Ulrich, Carolyn F., and Karl Kup. Books and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals, 1800-1942. W. E. Rudge, 1943.
• Young, Matthew McLennan. The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange. Oak Knoll P, 2012.