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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    Vee Pace. CHAP. XVII. _ Pages. | Knocking up balls . . . 530] Abstracts of the Acts re- heathen red, &c, with ae lative to printers . . 5722 Mixing & grinding colours 523 CHAP. XVIII. | Rules, &c. for pressmen. 534 Compositors’ & Press- ; The Stanhope press _ 536 men’s scales of prices 5766 Engraving of do. . ~ 537, Account of the various Parts of do . 538, 543 advances in journey- d The Sector press 544 men’s wages sesinoes se Cogger’s do ib | Compositors’ scale of Ruthvyen’sdo. . ib prices . . - . 5799 Dr. Church’sdo. . 545 iAbatract of do. ensielanp Ubon The Russelldo . . 54g | Pressmen’s -scale ion af The Columbian do . 547 prices . ee i Engraving of do. BAO Rables of thousands tht The Albion press 5h3 | 10. of prices of letters, 16, 1? Engraving of do. 554] Do. do. of pages in vo T88 Parts of do . 555, 556 Do. do. do. 12mo. +133 Inking frame . . 557| Do. do. do. 18mo. T198 CHAP. XVI. Do. do. do.32mo, . 7288 The business of a ware CHAP. XIX. houseman. . . . . 558|Offineprinting. . . . 6455 Plan of Warehouse-book. 559 CHAP. xx. Giving paper outforpress 560] Alphabetical list of prin- Tables for quantity of §1, $4 ters, &c 6498 | Hanging up paper to dry ‘565 Newspaper printing ‘of- 1 Taking down dry sheets . _ib fices . 6514 Putting by signatures . 566} Tradés connected | with Laying down a gathering ib printing 652% Gathering... . eo leet DOT pe aa Collating books . . 568 _ CHAP. XXI. Folding . * “ib| Technicalterms. . . . 6538 Counting out & pressing CHAP. XXII. books : Stereotype printing, Making up the Waste. 570 steam and hand ma- } 571 chines . A 7