January 9, 1848: Printer’s workshop on Via Tarragona
January 9, 1848: Printer’s workshop on Via TarragonaIt was hours before dawn, but Francesco Bagnasco and his fellow printers labored by candlelight to complete their task. They moved quickly from the trays of letters, cast in metal and arranged neatly in the rows that Bagnasco had used for many years. But they worked in darkness to avoid discovery, and the master printer was having to teach his apprentice revolutionaries to make them into printing assistants – a doubly difficult job.
“Set the tray,” he told Carlo, pointing to the four wooden slats that lay unused on the printing frame.
“Where? How close?” came the confused reply.
“Like this,” the printer said, quickly moving his hands over the printing platform. He moved the two pair
