
Edes "Declaration of Independence" from the Printing Office of Edes & Gill in Boston
From the Printing Office of Edes & Gill in Boston. You can purchase the Declaration, described below, or the Declaration and the Constitution, which is also printed at Edes & Gill, at a savings of $5 for the pair. You can watch the Declaration being printed in the longer video below. We are able to make these available through special arrangement. Each one is printed by hand on a historic press by a good friend of mine who founded and operates the printing office. More information on the history behind this printing appears below. The print is about 20" x 14". (There is a variance of 1/4" to 1/2" depending on how the paper is cut.) As was the case with the original broadsides, there is variability in ink coverage. As a result, you should not expect the same crisp, consistent ink coverage that we are used to with material printed on modern presses. To get a better idea of why some of these differences occur, watch the video above. The Philadelphia broadside of the Declara