The evolution of labels and the story of the early label industry pioneers in Europe can be traced back over several hundred years. However, it was most certainly the period of the Industrial Revolution during the late 1700s and early 1800s that really began to shape the use and production of labels in a way that we would recognize them today.

Charting the label's development from first being produced in single colors on wooden hand presses, this book explores all aspects of the industry's history through from the invention of the first presses and papermaking machines to the advent...