A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page v
... trades , and the machine is on every side superseding that labour of head and hand which our fathers called Handicraft , we are in danger of losing sight of , or , at least , of undervaluing the genius of those who , with none of our ...
... trades , and the machine is on every side superseding that labour of head and hand which our fathers called Handicraft , we are in danger of losing sight of , or , at least , of undervaluing the genius of those who , with none of our ...
Page xi
... TRADE 102 5. THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING L " 29 6. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY 7. THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS , AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT · 123 137 · 164 39 8. JOSEPH MOXON · · 180 „ , 9. THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH ...
... TRADE 102 5. THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING L " 29 6. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY 7. THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS , AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT · 123 137 · 164 39 8. JOSEPH MOXON · · 180 „ , 9. THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH ...
Page 15
... trade as that of letter - founder in America . I had seen the practice of this art at the house of James , in London ; but had at the time paid it very little attention . I , however , contrived to fabricate a mould . I made use of such ...
... trade as that of letter - founder in America . I had seen the practice of this art at the house of James , in London ; but had at the time paid it very little attention . I , however , contrived to fabricate a mould . I made use of such ...
Page 28
... trade in type and matrices . In 1477 the directors paid ten florins of gold to one John of Mentz , for a set of Roman matrices . At another time they paid 110 livres for two founts of Roman and one of Gothic : and further , purchased of ...
... trade in type and matrices . In 1477 the directors paid ten florins of gold to one John of Mentz , for a set of Roman matrices . At another time they paid 110 livres for two founts of Roman and one of Gothic : and further , purchased of ...
Page 32
... trade . The earliest writers on the form and proportion of letters , -Dürer1 in 1525 , Tory2 in 1529 , and Ycair3 in 1548 , -though using terms to distinguish the different faces of letter , were apparently unaware of any distinguishing ...
... trade . The earliest writers on the form and proportion of letters , -Dürer1 in 1525 , Tory2 in 1529 , and Ycair3 in 1548 , -though using terms to distinguish the different faces of letter , were apparently unaware of any distinguishing ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2-line English alphabet Andrews appears Arabic artist Baskerville Baskerville's beautiful Bible Birmingham Black body Bowyer Brevier broadside Canon cast types Caxton century character Chiswell Street Colard Mansion copy Cottrell curious Dominica Double Pica Dutch early edition Edmund Fry England English typography engraved Enschedé face facsimile famous folio fount Glasgow Grammar Greek Greek types Hansard Hebrew interesting Irish issued Jackson James John John Baskerville Joseph Moxon labour Latin Letter Founder letter-founding list of matrices London Long Primer master mentions metal mould Moxon Nichols Nonpareil original matrices Oxford Paris Pica Roman Polyglot printers Printing Types probably produced published punch-cutting punches and matrices purchased Roman and Italic Roman letter Rowe Samaritan Saxon says sheet Small Pica Specimen Book Specimen of Printing Star Chamber subsequently Syriac Testament Thomas trade two-line typefounding Types cast typography University Vincent Figgins vols William Caslon Wilson
Popular passages
Page 154 - I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.* 1 Sec Proverbial Expressions.
Page 281 - Amongst the several mechanic Arts that have engaged my attention, there is no one which I have pursued with so much steadiness and pleasure, as that of Letter-Founding. Having been an early admirer of the beauty of Letters, I became insensibly desirous of contributing to the perfection of them.
Page 170 - A specimen of the Several sorts of Letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell, late Lord Bishop of Oxford. To which is added, the Letter given by Mr. F. Junius. Oxford, printed at the Theater, AD 1693.
Page 138 - Court doth award that you be led back to the place from whence you came, and from thence to be drawn upon...
Page 165 - She supported herself by keeping school, and was afterwards tutoress in the family of the Duchess-dowager of Portland, " where," says this writer, "we have visited her in her sleeping-room at Bulstrode, surrounded with books and dirtiness, the usual appendages of folk of learning.
Page 138 - An Act for the more effectual Suppression of Societies established for seditious and treasonable Purposes, and for better preventing treasonable and seditious Practices...
Page 290 - Stranger, Beneath this cone, in unconsecrated ground, A friend to the liberties of mankind directed his body to be inurned. May the example contribute to emancipate thy mind From the idle fears of Superstition, And the wicked Arts of Priesthood ! 74.
Page 326 - In a country so remote from all connection with European artists, he has been obliged to charge himself with all the various occupations of the Metallurgist, the Engraver, the Founder, and the Printer.
Page 281 - It is not my desire to print many books ; but such only, as are books of Consequence, of intrinsic merit, or established Reputation, and which the public may be pleased to see in an elegant dress, and to purchase at such a price, as will repay the extraordinary care and expense that must necessarily be bestowed upon them...
Page 138 - ... hanged by the neck, and being alive shall be cut down, and...