About the collection

 The exhibition shows an example of a functioning printing house from the end of the 19th century. In 1879-80, there were more than 20 printing houses in  Batumi, only a few of which were characterised by their size, technical equipment and production culture. Among them, the topographical enterprises of Makharadze, Khvingia, Tavartkiladze, and Shmaevski are worth mentioning. According to incomplete data, 316  books were printed here, 116 of them in Georgian. Magazines and newspapers published in Batumi were printed here.

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