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Parks Library printers marks

Seven printers' marks are carved in stone on the east facade of the original 1925 library building. Each design is the insignia of a press which was famous in the early days of printing. The information below includes the names of the presses represented by the designs on the front of the library and brief notes about them. The insignia appear on the library facade from south to north in the same order as listed here.

PIERRE CHANDELIER. A printer's mark illustrating the practice of punning so common in the 16th century. This one is the seven-holder candlestick design of Pierre Chandelier, who began printing in 1560, eighty years after printing first came to France.

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