| | Year | | Event | Keyword |
| | 1738 | | Engelmann, Gottfried, d.1839, lithograph printer, inventor of | ENGELMANN |
| | chromolythography in 1836 |
| | 1738 | | Walter, John, d.1812, founder of newspaper The Times, 1785/1788 | WALTER |
| | 1740 | | Bodoni, Giambatista,d.1813. Italian printer and punch cutter. | BODONI |
| | 1746 | | Johnson's Dictionary, made in England, between 1746 and 1773 | JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY |
| | 1753 | | British Library. The national library of Britain came into being in 1753 | BRITISH LIBRARY |
| | when parliament decided to purchase the collection of books and |
| | manuscripts that had been left by Hans Sloane. A few years later |
| | George II presented the Royal library |
| | 1753 | | Bewick, Thomas (d. 1828) | BEWICK |
| | 1755 | | Edwards of Halifax binding firm founded by William Edwards of | EDWARDS |
| | Yorkshire |
| | 1755 | | Edwards of Halifax binding firm founded by William Edwards of | BINDING |
| | Yorkshire |
| | 1756 | | Egerton, Francis Henry, d. 1829, bibliophile who donated a collection | EGERTON |
| | of 67 manuscripts to the British Museum |
| | 1757 | | Bohn, Johann,d.1843. German binder, noted for his gilded | BOHN |
| | doublures, and paper marbling |
| | 1757 | | Bohn, Johann,d.1843. German binder, noted for his gilded | BINDING |
| | doublures, and paper marbling |
| | 1757 | | Blake, William, d.1827. English artist-illustrator, illustrated Milton and | BLAKE |
| | Dante editions. |
| | 1758 | | Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), sensible and analytical scholar, a | SACY |
| | brilliant man who served from 1833 to his death as keeper of |
| | Oriental manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. |
| | 1758 | | Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), sensible and analytical scholar, a | BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE |
| | brilliant man who served from 1833 to his death as keeper of |
| | Oriental manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. |
| | 1759 | | Balston, William (1849). English papermaker | BALSTON |
| | 1759 | | Balston, William (1849). English papermaker | PAPER |
| | 1765 | | Niepce, Joseph Nicephore, d. 1833, inventor of photography (1826) | NIEPCE |
| | 1765 | | Niepce, Joseph Nicephore, d. 1833, inventor of photography (1822) | PHOTOGRAPHY |
| | 1765 | | Pop-up. Robert Sayer of London produces children's' | POP UP |
| | metamorphosis, the Harliquinades. |
| | 1766 | | Traite de la Gravure en Bois by Jean Michel Papillon | PAPILLON |
| | 1766 | | Traite de la Gravure en Bois by Jean Michel Papillon | PAPILLON |
| | 1768 | | Darlington Press, private press, established a The Grange by | DARLINGTON PRESS |
| | George Allen |
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