Typographia: An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Progress Of The Art Of Printing ; With Practical Directions For Conducting Every Department In An Office ; With A Description Of Stereotype And Lithography |
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... Bible ( in colours ) To face p . 696 Is in page 692 696 655 659-660 685 ... 710 744 862-865 871 903 913 Devices of Early English Printers ( four pages ) ... Appendix 921 Scale of ms referred to in page 461 ( engraved plate ) Typographic ...
... Bible ( in colours ) To face p . 696 Is in page 692 696 655 659-660 685 ... 710 744 862-865 871 903 913 Devices of Early English Printers ( four pages ) ... Appendix 921 Scale of ms referred to in page 461 ( engraved plate ) Typographic ...
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... Bible : New Mode of producing such a Specimen : Mr. Savage's Specimens : Requisites of the Artist : CUI BONO : Cal- culation of Cost : Failure of the Chef - d'œuvre : Pleasing relief on referring to the first principle of the Art of ...
... Bible : New Mode of producing such a Specimen : Mr. Savage's Specimens : Requisites of the Artist : CUI BONO : Cal- culation of Cost : Failure of the Chef - d'œuvre : Pleasing relief on referring to the first principle of the Art of ...
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... Bible , may be esteemed the standard system of this country , Babylon was founded by Belus , whom the learned have identified as the Nimrod of scrip- turé , about 2,233 years before Christ ; and the tower of Babel was built by his ...
... Bible , may be esteemed the standard system of this country , Babylon was founded by Belus , whom the learned have identified as the Nimrod of scrip- turé , about 2,233 years before Christ ; and the tower of Babel was built by his ...
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... Bible of the Poor . This was the only part of the sacred book at that time within the reach of the commonalty , a complete bible in manuscript being then worth a hundred pounds of our money . This will sufficiently account for the ...
... Bible of the Poor . This was the only part of the sacred book at that time within the reach of the commonalty , a complete bible in manuscript being then worth a hundred pounds of our money . This will sufficiently account for the ...
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... Bible , with brief explanations . The former of these , on the left of the Prophets , is from the Song of Solomon , chapter iv , 7 . Legitur in Cantico Canticorum , quarto capite , quod sponsus alloquitur spon- sam , et eam sumendo ...
... Bible , with brief explanations . The former of these , on the left of the Prophets , is from the Song of Solomon , chapter iv , 7 . Legitur in Cantico Canticorum , quarto capite , quod sponsus alloquitur spon- sam , et eam sumendo ...
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apparatus appears Art of Printing Bible Biblia Pauperum block body bookseller Bowyer Brevier called Caslon cast Caxton colour common Company compositor copy cylinder edition England English engraving equal expense folio forme foundry fount frame frisket George Eyre give gypsum hand impression improvement inches invention iron Italic John John Cawood labour letter letter-founders letters patents lever lines lithography London lord machine manner means Mentz metal mode mould necessary Nonpareil observed octavo paper patent perfect person Pica piece platten present pressman printer printing-office produced proof proper pull purpose quadrats quarto quire quoins rendered Richard Grafton rollers screw sheet side Small Pica space specimens Stanhope Stationers stereotype stone successors sufficient surface thickness Thomas tion turned tympan typographical wardens whole William Caslon wood words workman Wynkyn de Worde