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5.1. The Guasp printing press
This printing press was created in 1579 by Gabriel Guasp. just over a century after Gutenberg’s. For four hundred years it worked almost continuously. always operated by the members of the Guasp family until 1958. The collection of 1590 woodblocks for printing were declared an ICI (Item of Cultural Interest) in 2007 by the Council of Majorca and one of the richest and best preserved collections in Europe. They are considered a literary treasure due to their wide range of topics (religious. geographical. historical. astrological. heraldry. etc.) and different typesets as well. And thanks to the prolonged period of time in which the printing press was in use. a wide timeframe is also well-represented. The most important pieces of the collection. such as Gaspar Vopellio’s mapamundi. the Game of the Goose. etc. On the walls. you will find prints made from the collection’s ancient woodblocks.