The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing Complete Instructions for Beginners, as Well as Practical Directions for Managing All Departments of a Printing Office |
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Page 292 - ... made or composed, or who shall invent, design, etch, engrave, work, or cause to be engraved, etched, or worked, from his own design, any print or engraving...
Page 287 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, when they end with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with a vowel : as, rob, robber ; permit, permitt,ng.
Page 187 - This size is usually the smallest a / THOUGH several differing opinions exist as to /the individual by wrfbm the art of printing was first discovered; yet all authorities concur in admitting Peter Schoeffer to be the person...
Page 321 - Mens sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a sound body, will be always able to make a good citizen.
Page 301 - CMG — Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Co. — Company; county. COD — Cash (or collect) on delivery.
Page 292 - According to the practice of legislation in England and America," says Judge Bouvier, 2 Law Dictionary 363, "the copyright is confined to the exclusive right secured to the author or proprietor of a writing or drawing which may be multiplied by the arts of printing in any of its branches.
Page 306 - Nun obslanie, notwithstanding. Non pros. — Non prosequitur, he does not prosecute. Non seq. — Non sequitur, it does not follow. Nos. — Numbers. Nov. — November. NP— Notary Public. NS— New Style (after 1752); Nova Scotia.
Page 26 - The inscription at the bottom has been thus translated : ' In whichever day thou seest the likeness of St Christopher, in that same day thou wilt, at least, from death no evil blow incur. — 1423.
Page 187 - God) the method of cutting (incidendi) the characters in a matrix, that the letters might easily be singly cast, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet: and when he showed his master the letters cast from these matrices, Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed. But there were as many difficulties at first with these letters, as there had been before...
Page 52 - HYPHEN, OR DIVISION. To divide words or syllables with propriety, is an important part of a compositor's business. It will exercise his judgment, and demands particular attention, as authors must leave the use of the hyphen to the discretion of the printer. The difficulty that formerly existed as to the proper method of dividing syllables, arose from the controversies in which authors were continually engaged on the subject of orthography.— Without being able to establish a criterion, each arrogated...