Volume 182402

Typographia: or the printers' instructor, including an account of the origin of printing. With biographical notices of the printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the sixteenth century: a series of ancient and modern alphabets, and Domesday characters: together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art / By J. Johnson, printer.

  • John Johnson
Date:
1824
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Credit: Typographia: or the printers' instructor, including an account of the origin of printing. With biographical notices of the printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the sixteenth century: a series of ancient and modern alphabets, and Domesday characters: together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art / By J. Johnson, printer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page. Half sheet, common8yo *10 0.sheetofditto . . ib Two quarters of 8yo . *11 Sheet of Octavo. » . . *12 Do. of 8vo. Hebrew work ib Do. in 12mo case 14 Do. of 12mo é *15 Do. in 12mo. two sigs . . *16 Half sheet of 12mo . . *17 0.12mo. without cutting ib Sheet oflong 12mo_ *18 Do. of 12mo. off-cut ib Half sheets of 12mo . *20 Do. sheet 12mo. two sigs *21 Dolo 160 CALs Wane ip, Sheet of l6mo. one sig *22 HalfsheetofI&8mo. . . *23 Do. of 18mo. complete . ib Sheetof18mo .. , *24 Do. of 18mo. one sig ib Do. of 18mo. two sigs *26 Do. of 18mo. three sigs ib Half sheet of 18mo. ¥*28 Half sheet of twenties, ~ two signatures . ib Sheet of twenties. . 29 Half sheet of 24mo. . ¥*30 Sheet of 24mo. two sigs . ib Half sheet of 24mo. . . *31 Half sheet of long 24mo . ¥*32 Do. of 24mo. two sigs . ib Half sheet of 24mo . *33 Do. of 32mo . A ib Sheet of 32mo_ . : ¥*34 Do. of 32mo. four sigs. . ib Half sheet 32mo. two sigs *36 M0; of 32mo00 oe as oss Ab Do. of thirty-sixes . es Br Do.of thirty-sixes,two sigs ib Do. two signatures . *38 Do. offorties. .. . ib || Quarter sheet of 48mo . +39 alf sheet of 48mo. 2 sigs ib se sheet of 48mo . *40 If sheet of 48mo.3 sigs ib uarter sheet of 48imo *4] o. of sixty-fours,2sigs. ib Do. of sixty-fours . ¥42 Do. of sixty-fours . . . ih Half sheet of sixty-fours. *43 Do. of 72mo. 3 sigs . *44 Do. of 9%mo.6 sigs. . . *45 Do. of one hundred and twenty-eights, 8 sigs. *46 Table of signaturesin fol. 202 aa Ditto, in quarto . 2 Ditto, in ST vO, &e . 20% Ditto) ~ 3-8 d0.% do: 205 CHAP VIII. . Correctorsand correcting 2088 Abridging Latin words . 210% Double consonants. . 2133 Typo. marks explained . 2166 Explanation of the cor- [ rections oeakct eaeee me Correcting in the metal . 221]! CHAP: IX. Department ofa Reader. 228): CHAP. X. Mathematical, Algebrai- cal, and Geometrical characters Fes EN, Celestial & astronomical signs 2 Te (nos | Physical signs and abbre- viations one eee it Musical characters . 243 |} Pedigree of Ames 246 Marks & characters used in Domesday Book & | | other ancient records 248 CHAP, XI Llebrew see eee 260, The Hebrew Alphabet 263 | Hebrew cases ae ere Common Hebrew case 274\) ree ee atk at 275) | The Greek alphabet 281 Greek cases. . .’.', 288 Contractions & ligatures used in the Greek language . . .. . 290 CHAP. XII. Alphabets of ancient lan- guaces te eae OOA Elebrew se eee O06 First alphabet of Saloman 297 Second ditto C= Peres Hebrew ditto of Esdras . 298)| Chaldean |< S058 2955501 Judaic alphabet. . . . 305)| The Samaritan Alphabet 306)} Samaritan, B. ©.5509 . . 307|| ATAabICN es ee orictn Ree! Modern Arabian alphabet 309, Mauritanian, or Western Arabic. 4% ote oe DYTIO’ Gen oe pert eee odern Syriac alphabet. 316