Scale Model of Koenig and Bauer Cylinder Printing Press, 1975-1978

Model (scale 1:2) of Koenig and Bauer cylinder printing press, as originally built for "The Times" in 1814. The original Koenig and Bauer cylinder printing press machine was offered to John Walters II (The Times) in 1814, this was the first occasion of a newspaper being printed on a mechanical press. The Koenig & Bauer 'Times' cylinder press became a landmark in printing history. Also referred to as a Koenig and Bauer cylinder press, two feeder, "perfector". With "London 1814" inscribed on part.

This model is a duplicate of a half-scale model of the Koenig & Bauer 'Times' printing press made by the German printing machinery manufacturers Koenig & Bauer (established by Koenig and Bauer after returning to to Germany in 1817) for a trade exhibition in 1963.

Koenig and Bauer were the inventors of the power-driven cylinder printing press, the first practical machine appearing in 1812. They offered their invention to John Walter II of The Times, who ordered two double-machines, and on 29 November 1814, the first issue appeared of a newspaper to be printed on a mechanical press of any kind. This was an historic event of the first order and a technical break-through, making the Koenig & Bauer 'Times' cylinder press a landmark in the history of printing.