INDEX.

Abbreviated syllables, [15].
Abbreviations, list of, [344-356].
Abecedarium, probably the earliest attempt at printing, [11].
Accents and aspirates, Greek, [99-101].
Hebrew, [106-108].
Russian, [112], [113].
Accented letters, [67].
Acids used in making paper spoil the effect of ink, [276], [277].
Adams, Isaac, inventor of the bed-and-platen power-press, [237], [238].
Adhesion of paper, how to prevent, [316].
Admiration, sign of, [63].
Agate type, specimen of, [54].
Alcfrid, Runic memorial of, [89].
Alexandri Galli Doctrinale, one of the first printed books, [10].
Almanac, first printed book in the Middle Colonies, [16], [17].
Alphabet, Anglo-Saxon, [91].
English, [58].
German, [94].
Greek, [98].
Hebrew, [104].
Hieroglyphic, [84].
Runes, [86-90].
Russian, [112], [113].
Alterations in a proof justly chargeable, [204], [205], [211].
not allowable in reprints of old and standard authors, [202].
Amber ink, how to produce, [288].
Ambiguous and compound words to be set uniformly, [202].
American type, superior quality of, [23].
American Weekly Mercury, third newspaper in America, [17].
Ancient ornaments, exquisite and curious, [15], [16].
press, clumsy, [235].
typographical peculiarities, [15].
Anglo-Saxon characters, how originated, [51].
alphabetical table of, [91].
cases for, [92], [93].
Lord’s Prayer in, [51].
runes, table of, [88].
Apostrophe, how used, [63], [64].
Appeal against the Turks, of 1454, [11].
Applegath and Cowper, improvers of the cylinder press, [238], [239].
Apprentice, how to instruct an, [122].
must be punctual, obedient, and courteous, [123].
qualifications required in an, [121].
ridiculous practices to be avoided by, [122].
Apprentices, advice to, [137], [138].
Arithmetical figures, when introduced, [70].
Article, the indefinite, rule for using, [318].
Ascending letters, [59].
Asterisk, use of, [66].
Astronomical signs, [73], [74].
Authors, detention of proofs by, [205].
hints to, [211].
impatience of, [205].
whims of, [61].
Automatic counter, illustrated, [310].
machine, for casting and finishing type, [23].
Backing long or short pages, [133].
Baine, John, sets up a type-foundry in Philadelphia, [19].
Bay Psalm-Book, first book printed at Cambridge, [16].
Bearers on hand-presses, how prepared, [259], [277], [278], [281].
Beaumont, Victor, inventor of serrated cutting blade, [242].
Beginners, ironical rules for, [139], [140].
Bewcastle cross, Runic inscription on, [89].
Bible, first, printed at Mentz, by Gutenberg, Fust and Schœffer, in 1455, of which there are four copies in Europe and two in the United States, [11].
Brinley’s, [11].
German, printed in Germantown, by Saur, [19].
Lenox’s, [11].
Mazarin, [11].
printed in Iceland in 1584, [14].
quarto, in standing type, in Philadelphia, [26].
Biblia Pauperum, attributed to Koster, [10].
Bill of type, [57].
Binny, Archibald, first successful founder in Philadelphia, [19], [20].
improver of the type-mould, [19], [42].
Black letter, when used, [51].
Blades, William, [14].
Blaeu, Willem Jansen, early inventor of a press, [235].
Blankets for wood-cut printing, [282].
India-rubber, [266].
thick paper, [266].
Welsh flannel, [266].
when to be used, [257], [266].
Blanking, remarks concerning, [259].
Bleaching powders deleterious, [276].
Block books, [10].
Blue ink, how to make, [287], [288].
Bodkin, how to use the, [208], [209].
illustrated, [209], [210].
Books, cheapening of, due to steam-presses, [240].
early, printed in Gothic character, [16].
first, printed on one side of the leaf only, [10].
how to preserve, [317].
Book-folding machine, illustrated, [249].
Borders, [80], [120].
Boston Gazette, second newspaper published in America, [17].
News-Letter, first newspaper published in America, [17].
Bourgeois, specimen of, [54].
Boxwood, description of good, [36].
liable to warp, [282], [283].
quoin, [306].
Braces, use of, [75].
Bracket, how used, [65].
Bradford, William, first printer in the Middle Colonies, [16], [17].
Brass rules, remarks concerning, [80].
slotted corners, description of, [44].
Break-lines improperly driven over, [133].
should never begin a page, [133].
Brevier, specimen of, [54].
Brilliant, smallest type in America, [52].
specimen of, [54].
Brinley’s collection of Bibles, [11].
British founders reject American casting-machines, [23].
Bronze printing, how executed, [284], [285].
Brown ink, how to produce, [288].
Bruce, David and George, type-founders in New York, [21], [22].
David, Jr., type-casting machine invented by, [22].
Bullock, William, inventor of the first perfecting press, [242-244].
chain-running press, [244].
self-feeding perfecting press, illustrated, [243].
Bundle of paper described, [294].
Cabinet for chases, illustrated, [231].
with galley-top, illustrated, [304].
Cabinets, job cases should be kept in, [304].
of cases, for sorts, quads, etc., illustrated, [219-221].
should be kept in perfect order, [221].
Cambridge, first press in North America at, [16].
Campbell’s cylinder presses, [239], [246].
self-feeding perfecting press, [246].
Cancelled figures, [70].
Capital, good character is, [138].
letters, [58-60].
letters, how to use, [59], [60].
Card-cutters, [309].
printing, directions for, [283], [284].
sheets, chart for cutting, (Le Blond,) [302].
Carey, Mathew, [26].
Cases, American plan of Roman, [124], [125].
blank, [303].
German, [96], [97].
Greek, [102], [103].
Hebrew, [109], [111].
how to label job, [304].
job, [302].
labour-saving lead, [303].
labour-saving rule, [82], [302].
labour-saving slug, [303].
music, [117-119].
number of, to a fount, [128].
proposed improvement in, [126].
quotation furniture, [303].
Saxon, [92], [93].
triple job, [302].
Caslon, William, [18].
Cassie quires, why so called, [294].
Casting off copy, methods of, [223-226].
Catch-words, first used at Venice, [16].
in titles, how to be set, [134].
Caxton, William, introduces printing into England, [14].
his first types not cast or founded, [13].
Centennial Exhibition, 1876, presses exhibited at, [244-246].
fast printing at, [245].
Chalcography, inventor of, [34].
Chromo-lithography, [29].
Chromos, printed on cylinder presses, [31].
Chronicle of Cologne, [9].
Cicero, French and German name for Pica, [53].
Circular quadrates, [78].
Clicker, or maker-up, duties of, [226-228].
Clymer, George, inventor of the Columbian press, [236], [237].
Colon, use of, [62].
Colorito, Abraham, printer at Soncino, 1488, [14].
Colour, uniformity in, [263], [278], [279].
Coloured inks, how to make, [286-288].
printing, instructions for, [285-287].
Colours, contrast of, [289-292].
how to multiply, [288].
how to use dry, [287], [288].
Columbian press, illustrated, [236].
introduced into England, [237].
Combination borders, [80], [120].
Comma, use of, [62].
Commercial post paper, size of, [298].
signs, [71].
Companionships, how managed, [228-232].
misunderstandings in, [228].
Composing, directions for, [129-136].
how to avoid errors in, [130].
position in, [127].
rule, steel, illustrated, [228].
sticks, illustrated, [305].
screw, the best for fixed measures, [305].
Composition rollers, how to make, [252-254], [311], [312].
how to wash, [253].
melting-kettle for, illustrated, [252].
Compositors, differences in [218].
rules to be observed by, [233], [234].
Compound words, [64], [65], [331].
Contents, rules for, [135].
Continuous sheet, printing from a, [242].
Contrast of colours, [289-292].
Conversation in a printing office to be avoided, [234].
Copy, casting off, [223-226].
takes of, should be small, [221].
to be carefully prepared, [204].
Copyholder, illustrated, [309].
Copyrights, how to secure, [333-335].
application to be made to Librarian of Congress, [333].
cannot be granted upon trade-marks or labels, [335].
duration of, [334].
form of notice, [334].
penalty for false notice, [334].
renewal of, [334].
Cork bearers, [259].
Corner quadrates, illustrated, [307].
Corpus, German name for Long Primer, [54].
Correcting in the metal, [207-211].
directions for, [208-210].
rules for, in a companionship, [231], [232].
Coster, (see [Koster],) [9-11].
Cottrell & Babcock’s cylinder presses, [239].
Counting out sheets, [297].
Courtesy, importance of, [123].
Creases and wrinkles in paper, how to remove, [263].
Cross-bar, how to avoid springing, [148].
Crown paper, size of, [298].
Cut-in notes, how adjusted, [131], [132].
Cuts, how to make ready, [280-283].
Cylinder press, invention of the, [238].
presses, making ready on, [265-275].
Dagger or obelisk, use of, [66].
Dash, use of, [63].
Dates, method of, during the French Republic, [69].
Daye, John, Anglo-Saxon types first cut by, [51].
Daye, Stephen, first printer in North America, [16].
Dedications, how displayed, [135].
position of, [135].
Degener & Weiler’s Liberty press, illustrated, [246], [247].
Delicate impression, how to produce, [281], [282].
Demy paper, size of, [298].
Derivation of English words, [324-326].
Descending letters, [59].
De Vinne’s history of the invention of printing, [12].
Diamond type, specimen of, [54].
Diphthongs, Greek, [99].
Distributing, directions for, [128], [129].
how to wash matter for, [128], [129].
pernicious effects from heating
type for, [129].
proper times for, [129].
Dividing words, rules for, [64], [65].
Donatus of 1451, [11].
Double imperial paper, size of, [298].
letters, [59].
medium paper, size of, [298].
super-royal paper, size of, [298].
Drawing paper, how to be wet, [256].
Dry colours, how to use, [287], [288].
Duck’s bill, to prevent paper from slipping on the tympan, [278].
Duodecimo, or twelves, scheme for imposing sheet of, [165].
the same, without cutting, [166].
the same, two signatures, [167].
half-sheet, [168].
the same, without cutting, [168].
the same, from the centre, [169].
sheet of, from the centre, [170].
the same, long way, [171], [172].
one-third of a sheet, [171], [172].
two half-sheets, together, [173].
half-sheet, two signatures, [174].
Earl Stanhope’s printing-press, [236].
Earliest printing-press, [235].
written sounds, [83-85].
Egyptian hieroglyphics, specimens of type for printing, [83-85].
Eighteens, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [176].
the same, with two blanks, [176].
sheet of, folded together, [177], [178].
the same, with one signature, [177], [178].
the same, with two signatures, [179], [180].
the same, with three signatures, [179], [180].
half-sheet of, without transposition, [181].
Electro-stereotyping, [27], [43].
Electrotyping, method of, [27].
Emerald green, [288].
Enamelled cards, to be printed dry, [283], [284].
English type, specimen of, [53].
Engraver’s proof useful to pressmen, [283].
Engravings, copper-plate, [34].
how to print, [280-283].
how to restore, [317].
tools for, [34].
wood, [31-34].
Epitaph, printer’s, [208].
Errata, list of, where placed, [136].
Errors inevitable, [136].
made in correcting a proof, [203], [204].
Escala espiritual de San Juan Climaco, the first book printed in America, [16].
Even impressions on a hand-press, how to obtain, [277-279].
Exclamation, sign of, [63].
Feed-guides, Megill’s, illustrated, [310].
Figgins’s, Vincent, opinion of Caxton’s type, [13].
Figures, arithmetical, [70].
old style, [70].
scratched or cancelled, [70].
Filling the standing press, [296], [297].
Fine hand-presswork, remarks concerning, [275-279].
printing, character of ink required for, [275], [276].
paper suitable for, [257].
why difficult in the United States, [276], [277].
Finiguerra, Thomas, discoverer of chalcography, [34].
Firefly press, Gordon’s, [247].
Fireproof ink, [314].
Flat cap paper, size of, [298].
Flowers and borders, remarks on, [80].
Fly on cylinder presses, how to be set, [274].
Folding machines, [249].
Folio, imposing single sheet of, [150].
paper, size of, [298].
two sheets quired, [151], [152].
Follow copy, the compositor’s rule, [204].
Foolscap paper, dimensions of, [298].
Foreign words and phrases, translated, [357-372].
Foreman, duties and qualifications of, [218-232].
Form, how to make ready for hand-press, [257-260].
of warehouse book, [293].
Forms, directions for locking up, [147], [148].
how to impose, [141], [142].
how to wash, [264], [265].
precautions in unlocking, [208].
Forties, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [191].
Forty-eights, scheme for imposing quarter sheet of, with two signatures, [192].
the same, without cutting, [193].
half-sheet of, [192].
the same, three signatures, [193].
quarter sheet of, [194].
Foul proof, a grievous fault, [207].
Founders, English, ancient regulations concerning, [18].
Fount of letter, complete, described, [58].
Founts, irregularities of, [58].
Fractions, [70].
Franklin, Benjamin, attempts type-founding, [19].
James, establishes the New England Courant, [17].
Franklin presses, Gordon’s, [247].
illustrated, [246].
Friars, how to obviate, [263].
Frisket, directions for preparing, [258].
catch of, how to place, [259].
Full point, use of, [62], [63].
Furniture, how to make up, [144], [145].
Fust, John, connection with Gutenberg and Schœffer, [11], [12].
Gaillarde, French term for Bourgeois type, [54].
Gallows, how to be placed, [259].
Game of Chess, first book printed in England by Caxton, [14].
Gauge pins, Megill’s, illustrated, [310].
Ged, William, inventor of stereotyping, [24].
Geometrical signs, [71], [72].
German alphabet, [94].
plan of cases for, [96], [97].
similar letters elucidated, [94], [95].
Germantown, first paper mill in America, near, [17].
first quarto Bible in America, printed at, [19].
type cast at, by Saur, [19].
Giving out book paper to wet, [294].
paper for jobs, [294], [295].
Globe press, [248].
Glover, Jesse, introduces printing into Cambridge, Mass., [16].
Glue, common prepared, [313].
liquid, how to make, [313].
Gold preparation, how to use, [288].
printing, how practised, [284], [317].
size for gold printing, [284].
Good habits inculcated, [121-123], [137], [138].
presswork, conditions for securing, [279].
Gordon’s Franklin press, illustrated, [246].
job-presses, [246], [247].
Gothic characters, early books printed in, [16].
Gradation of type bodies, [56].
Grant Thorburn, benevolence of, [239].
Great Primer, specimen of, [53].
Greek accents and aspirates, [98-101].
alphabetical table of, [98].
letters, numerical value of, [67], [98].
ligatures now discarded, [98].
numeral letters, table of, [67].
plan of cases for, [102], [103].
rules for composing, [101].
Green ink, how to make, [288].
Gros Romain, French title for Great Primer, [53].
Guillemet’s quotation marks, [62].
Gutenberg, account of, [9-14].
Gutter-sticks, directions for cutting, [148].
Gypsum in paper, effects of, [276], [277].
Haarlem, the birthplace of printing, [9].
Hand-mould improved by Binny, [20].
Hand-press, how to prepare impression on, [275-279].
how to overlay on, [277].
bearers used on, [277], [278].
Hand-presswork, fine, how to produce, [275-279].
Handwriting, erroneous notion concerning, [226].
Hanging pages, how to rectify, [208].
up paper to dry, [295].
Hansard’s receipt for making rollers, [253], [254].
Hard roller, best for fine work, [267].
Head-lines, how displayed, [131].
Heap of paper, how to treat, [259].
Heated type, pernicious effects from distributing it, [129].
Hebrew accents, [106-108].
alphabet, identical with Phœnician, [83].
alphabetical table of, [104].
Bible, first printed, [14].
letters, numeral value of, [104].
letters of similar appearance, [105].
lower case, without points, [109].
Masoretic points or vowels, [106].
method of composing, [105].
plan of cases with points, [110], [111].
scheme for imposing 8vo sheet of, [161], [162].
spacing letters, [105].
Height of type, standard for, [57], [58].
Hieroglyphic alphabet, [84].
Hinderances to fine printing in America, [276], [277].
Hints honoured in the breach, [136], [137].
Hoe & Co.’s cylinder presses, [239-242].
Hoe, Richard M., inventor of type-revolving printing machine, [241].
Robert, account of, [239], [240].
Hoe’s web perfecting press, illustrated, [245].
Hollow quadrates, use of, [77].
Horn-book, illustration of, [xi].
Humphreys’s History of the Art of Printing, [12].
Hurried work, how to expedite, [226-228].
Hyphen, how employed, [64], [65].
not used by the earliest printers, [15].
Iceland, early printing office in, [14].
Imperial and half paper, size of, [298].
paper, dimensions of, [298].
Imposing forms, directions for, [141], [142].
in companionships, rules for, [230], [231].
Imposing, memoranda concerning, [148], [149].
abstract title-deeds, [150].
Folio, single sheet, [150].
two sheets, quired, [151], [152].
Quarto, common sheet of, [153], [154].
scheme for, music books, [153], [154].
two half-sheets, together, [155], [156].
half-sheet, broad way, [155], [156].
Octavo, sheet of, [157], [158].
the broad way, [157], [158].
half-sheet, [159].
two half-sheets, together, [159], [160].
two quarters, together, [160].
sheet, mixed, [161], [162].
sheet of Hebrew, [161], [162].
sheet, from the centre, [163], [164].
half-sheet, from the centre, [163].
two quarters, from the centre, [164].
Duodecimo, or 12mo, sheet, [165].
the same, without cutting, [166].
the same, two signatures, [167].
half-sheet, [168].
the same, without cutting, [168].
the same, from the centre, [169].
sheet of, from the centre, [170].
the same, long way, [171], [172].
one-third of a sheet, [171], [172].
two half-sheets, together, [173].
half-sheet, two signatures, [174].
Sixteens, half-sheet of, [174].
sheet of, [175].
Eighteens, half-sheet of, [176].
the same, with two blanks, [176].
sheet of, folded together, [177], [178].
sheet of, one signature, [177], [178].
the same, two signatures, [179], [180].
sheet of, three signatures, [179], [180].
half-sheet of, without transposition, [181].
Twenties, half-sheet of, with two signatures, [181].
sheet of, [182].
Twenty-Fours, half-sheet of, [183].
sheet of, two signatures, [183], [184].
half-sheet of, sixteen-way, [184].
half-sheet of, long, [185].
half-sheet, two signatures, [185].
half-sheet, without cutting, [186].
Thirty-Twos, half-sheet of, [186].
sheet of, [187], [188].
the same, four signatures, [187], [188].
half-sheet, two signatures, [189].
half-sheet of, mixed, [189].
Thirty-Sixes, half-sheet of, [190].
the same, without cutting, [190].
the same, two signatures, [191].
Forties, half-sheet of, [191].
Forty-Eights, quarter sheet of, with two signatures, [192].
the same, without cutting, [193].
common quarter-sheet of, [194].
half-sheet of, two signatures, [192].
the same, three signatures, [193].
Sixty-Fours, quarter sheet, [195].
the same, two signatures, [194].
sixty-fours, mixed, [195].
half-sheet of, [196].
Seventy-Twos, half-sheet of, [197].
Ninety-Sixes, half-sheet of, [198].
One Hundred and Twenty-Eights, half-sheet of, [199].
Imposing stone, illustrated, [308].
Impression on cylinder presses, how to regulate, [269-275].
Indenting paragraphs, rule for, [132].
Index, directions for preparing copy of, [133].
rule for setting, [133].
where placed, [133].
India paper suitable for overlays, [280].
India-rubber cloth, good qualities of, [266].
Ink-block, how to be placed, [251].
Ink, black, how to intensify, [284].
coloured, [286], [287].
requires a hard roller, [267].
for cylinder presses, [267], [268].
for fine work, indispensable qualities of, [275], [276].
how to prevent setting off, [279].
how to remove surplus from the roller, [262].
how to produce amber, [288].
blue, [287], [288].
brown, [288].
fire-proof, [314].
green, [288].
lilac, [288].
pink, [288].
purple, [288].
red, [286-288].
scarlet, [288].
vermilion, [288].
to mark tin or zinc, [315].
driers, how to make, [315], [316].
Ink-fountain, how to manage, [268].
patent, illustrated, [310].
Ink-stone and muller, illustrated, [285].
Interleaving necessary in fine presswork, [279].
Interrogation, sign of, [63].
Iron furniture, how made, [310].
Ironical rules for compositors, [136], [137].
for beginners in business, [139], [140].
Italic letter, invention of, [50].
abuse of, [51].
Job department, [300-310].
capitals and lower-case should not be laid together, [304].
cases should be labelled with the type which is in case, [304].
how to conduct the business, [300].
memorandum slip for record, [301].
requisites for, [301-310].
selection of material, [300].
Job presses, American, unsurpassed, [246].
varieties of, [246-248].
Jobbing facilities, [300-310].
Jobs, making margin for, [147].
Johnson, Lawrence, type-founder in Philadelphia, [20].
William M., invents a type-casting machine, [22].
Journeymen, idle, [18].
Junius, Hadrianus, [10].
Justification, accurate, absolutely essential, [131].
Kerned letters, [59].
Kinsley, Dr., invents a cylinder press, [238].
Knowledge, progress of, accelerated by steam-presses, [240].
König, Frederick, inventor of the cylinder press, [238].
Koster, (or Coster,) Laurentius, inventor of printing, [9-14].
printer of block books, [10].
used wooden and tin type, [10].
Labour-saving brass rule, [81].
plan of case for, [82].
curvatures, [79].
quotation furniture, [77].
rule, [43], [81].
Lamp-holder, [309].
Laying a fount of type, directions for, [127].
pages, [143], [144].
Lead cutter, illustrated, [307].
Leads, described, [80].
Leather belting, how to soften, [316].
Lenox, James, of New York, collection of Bibles, [11].
Lepsius, R., hieroglyphic types of, [83].
Letter paper, size of, [298].
Letters of Indulgence, of 1454-5, [11].
Letters, accented, [67].
ascending, [59].
descending, [59].
double, [59].
kerned, [59].
long, [59].
numeral, [67].
short, [59].
two-line, [76].
Ley, directions for making, [312].
not to be used on wood-cuts, [283].
Ley-brush, how to be made, [265].
Ley-trough, described, [264], [265].
Liberty press, illustrated, [247].
Lifting pages, [143].
Lightning press, Hoe’s, [239-242].
illustrated, [240].
Lilac ink, how to make, [288].
Lithographic chalk and ink, [28].
stone, [27].
transfer ink, how to make, [315].
Lithography, discovery of, [27].
practice of, [27-31].
Locking up forms, [147], [148].
Long letters, [59].
Long Primer, specimen of, [54].
Lord’s Prayer in Anglo-Saxon, [51].
Lower-case sorts, [59].
Machine-casting, [22].
Machine-made paper, sizes of, [298].
Machine-press of Isaac Adams, [237], [238].
Frederick, König, [238].
Applegath and Cowper, [238].
Richard M. Hoe, [239-242].
William Bullock, [242-244].
Campbell, [239], [246].
Cottrell & Babcock, [239].
Walter, [244].
Mackling, how to remedy, [263].
Make-up rule, steel, illustrated, [229].
Making margin, [145-147].
for jobs, [147].
ready a form, directions for, [257-260].
on cylinder presses, [265-275].
wood-cuts, directions for, [280-283].
register, directions for, [260].
Making up furniture, [144], [145].
in companionship, [229].
letter and furniture in companionships, [230].
Manual de Adultos, one of the first books printed in America, [16].
Manuccio, Aldo, [61].
Mappa, Adam G., one of the early American type-founders, [19].
Margin, how to make, [145-147].
on cylinder presses, [268].
Masoretic points, [106].
Mathematical signs, [71], [72].
Matrices, copper, [40].
electrotyped, [23].
Matrix, illustrated, [40].
Mazarin Bibles, [11].
Measure of stick, how to make by ems, [129].
Mecom, Benjamin, [24].
Medium paper, size of, [298].
Melting-kettle, description of, [252].
Metal rules, [75].
Metric system, [336], [337].
Minerva cutting machine, illustrated, [309].
Minion type, specimen of, [54].
Mitering machine, illustrated, [307].
Mittel, German name for English type, [53].
Modern conveniences, [120].
Mucilage, directions for making, [312], [313].
Mud process in stereotyping, [26].
Music, comparative table of bodies, [115].
directions for composing, [116].
plan of cases for, [117-119].
specimens of, [114].
New Hampshire Gazette, oldest living paper of the United States, [17].
Newspapers, number of, printed in the United States in 1801 and 1810, [20].
New types, how to prevent them from adhering together, [127].
New York Gazette, first newspaper published there, [17].
Nicks, position of, [58].
Nicholson, William, suggester of the cylinder press, [238].
Ninety-sixes, to impose half-sheet, [198].
Nonpareil press, illustrated, [247].
type, specimen of, [54].
Norse-Runic alphabet, [87], [88].
North American and United States Gazette, of Philadelphia, oldest daily newspaper in the United States, [17].
Note paper, size of, [298].
Notes, proper size of type for, [131].
cut in, how arranged, [132].
Numeral letters, Gothic, [68], [69].
Greek, [67].
Roman, [68], [69].
Numerical value of Greek letters, [67], [98].
Hebrew letters, [104].
Octavo, scheme for imposing sheet of, [157], [158].
sheet of, the broad way, [157], [158].
two half-sheets, together, [159], [160].
sheet mixed, [161], [162].
half-sheet, [159].
two quarters, together, [160].
sheet of Hebrew, [161], [162].
sheet of, from the centre, [163], [164].
half-sheet of, do., [163].
two quarter-sheets, do., [164].
Oiling a press, [292].
Old English letter used by the early printers, [49].
Old-style figures, advantages of, [70].
Old works, no license of alteration allowable in reprinting, [202].
One hundred and twenty-eights, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [199].
Ornaments, ancient, exquisite and curious, [15], [16].
Orthography, hints on, [318-332].
uniformity in, [202].
Overlaying on cylinder presses, [272], [273].
on hand-presses, [277].
Overrunning, proper method of, [210].
Overseer, duties of, [218-232].
Over-sheets, rules for giving out, [294].
Packet note paper, size of, [298].
post paper, size of, [298].
Pages, how to tie up, [142], [143].
how to lift, [143].
how to lay, [143].
Palmaert, Lambert, printed at Valencia, 1479, [14].
Paper-bank, how to be placed, [259].
Paper for jobs, rule for giving out, [294].
cutters, [309].
instructions for wetting, [255-257].
qualities of good, [276].
quantity required for a book, [299].
sizes of, [298].
suitable for fine printing, [257].
Papier-maché moulds, [242].
Paragon type, so called by printers in all countries, [52].
Paragraph mark, how used, [66].
Paragraphs, authors’ irregularities in making, [132], [133].
rule for indenting, [132].
Parchment tympans, [254].
Parenthesis, use of, [65], [66].
Pasteboard tympan for a cylinder press, advantages of, [265].
Paste, directions for making, [312].
Pearl type, specimen of, [54].
Peerless press, illustrated, [248].
Penn, William, promotes printing in Pennsylvania, [17].
Perforating machine for round holes, illustrated, [308].
rule, illustrated, [308].
Perforator, Ames’s Patent, [308].
Period, use of, [62].
Petit and Jungfer, German names of Brevier, [54].
Petit Romain, French name of Long Primer, [54].
Petri Hispani Tractatibus Logicis, one of the first printed books, [10].
Phœnician alphabetic system, [83].
Photo-engraving, [35-38].
Phrases, foreign, translated, [357-372].
Pica, specimen of, [53].
the standard type, [52].
Picks in types, how to remove, [262].
in wood-cuts, how to take out, [281].
Pietrison, Thomas, the inventor of printers’ ink, [10].
Pink ink, how to produce, [288].
Planetary signs, [73], [74].
Plate paper, directions for wetting, [256].
Plumbago, used in electrotyping, [27], [45].
Point system of type bodies, [55], [56].
Points, how to arrange, [258].
Polyglot founders, [18].
Position of nicks, [58].
in composing, [127].
Prefaces, rules concerning, [135].
Press-book, form of, [222].
Press arbitrarily restricted, [235].
history of invention of, [235-248].
old common, [235].
to print and number railroad tickets and coupons, [246].
Presses—see [machine-presses].
how to oil, [292].
Pressing sheets, mode of, [296], [297].
Pressmen should examine every sheet as printed, [263].
rules and remedies for, [262-264].
should study fine specimens of printing, [277].
Presswork, requisites for producing fine, [275-279].
Prima, [203].
Printed sheets, how treated, [295-297].
Printers, how not to succeed in business, [139], [140].
ironical rules for, [136], [137].
Printer’s knife, illustrated, [210], [211].
Printing, discovery of, [9-14].
extension of, [13].
in bronzes, [284], [285].
in colours, [285-288].
in gold, directions for, [284].
introduced into America, [16].
manner of discovery, [9-12].
Printing-machine, type-revolving, [240-242].
Printing-offices, rules to be observed in, [233], [234].
Printing-press, amateur, [248].
Bullock, [242-244].
Campbell, [239], [246].
Cottrell & Babcock, [239].
Degener, [246], [247].
Earl Stanhope’s, [236].
earliest, [235].
first set up in North America, [16].
Frederick König’s, [238].
Gally, [246].
George Clymer’s, [236].
George P. Gordon’s, [246], [247].
invention of the, [235-248].
Isaac Adams’s, [237].
Job, [246-248].
Peter Smith’s, [237].
Railroad-ticket, [246].
Ramage’s, [236].
Richard M. Hoe’s, [239-242].
Ruggles, [246].
Samuel Rust’s, [237].
Walter, [244].
Wells, [246].
Willem Jansen Blaeu’s, [235].
Proof-marks, explanation of, [214], [215].
illustration of, [212], [213].
Proof-press, illustrated, [343].
Proof-reader, author’s obligations to, [201].
duties of a, [202], [207].
friendly offices of, [201].
qualifications of, [200-206].
should be a compositor, [200].
Proof-readers, caprices of, [207].
Proof-sheets, alterations in, justly chargeable, [204], [205], [211].
detained by authors, [205].
errors in correcting, [203], [204].
method of reading, [202], [203].
plan for keeping account of, [203].
remarks concerning, [202].
should be read by two readers, [204].
Proofs of engravings, how to take, [283].
Proper names should be plainly written, [211].
Prussian blue ink, [287].
Publishers’ interference with the printers’ province, [134].
Pulling, directions for, [260-262], [279].
Punch, illustrated, [40].
Punctuality indispensable in an apprentice, [123].
Punctuation, amending of, should be confined to one reader, [204].
and orthography to be uniform throughout a book, [202].
points of later invention than printing, [61].
variations in use of, [61].
whims of authors, [61].
Wilson’s Treatise on, [62], [65].
Quadrates, circular, illustrated, and described, [78], [79].
corner, illustrated, [306].
directions for composing, [78], [79].
hollow, illustrated, [77].
Quantity of paper required to print a book of one thousand copies, [299].
Quarto, scheme for imposing, [153], [154].
the broad way for music, [153], [154].
two half-sheets, together, [155], [156].
half-sheet, the broad way, [155], [156].
Quires, cassie, of what made up, [294].
Quitting work, precautions to be used by the pressmen in, [264].
Quoins, proper form of, [147], [148].
how to unlock, [148].
various patents, [306].
Quotation furniture, illustrated, [77].
marks, [62].
Quotations, broad and narrow, [76].
Railroad-ticket printing-machine, [246].
Ramage, Adam, [236].
Reading-boy, [202].
Receipts, various, [311-317].
Red ink, how to make, [286], [288].
References, use of, [66], [67].
Register, how to make, [260].
Regulations for a printing-office, [233], [234].
Reprints from standard authors not to vary from the original, [202].
Revise, [206].
Revise sheet necessary, [260].
Riding, how to prevent, [286].
Rittenhouse, William, the first paper-maker in America, [17].
Roller-boy, [262].
Roller-handle, how to lie when used, [251].
how to check, [251].
Roller, hard, best for fine work, [267].
soft, required for posters and old type, [267].
Roller-mould, directions for using, [252].
Roller-stand, how to set up, [250], [251].
illustrated, [251].
Rollers, composition, how made, [252-254], [311], [312].
for hand-presses, how to keep, [278].
hand-press, [252].
precautions in using, [252].
to be adapted to style of work, [267].
when in working order, [253].
Roman letter, invention of, [49].
deserving general adoption, [50].
Ronaldson, James, type-founder in Philadelphia, [19].
Richard, type-founder in Philadelphia, [20].
Rosetta stone, discovery of, [83].
Royal and half paper, size of, [298].
Royal paper, size of, [298].
Ruggles’s job presses, [246].
card cutter, illustrated, [309].
Rule, brass, [80].
labour-saving, illustrated, [81].
plan of case for, [82].
Rules and remedies for pressmen, [262-264].
for beginners in business, ironical, [139], [140].
for compositors, ironical, [136], [137].
for perforating, illustrated, [308].
Runes, earliest alphabets of the Teutons and Goths, [86].
Runic alphabets, [86-90].
inscription on Bewcastle cross, [89].
Russian alphabet, [112], [113].
Rust, Samuel, inventor of the Washington press, [237].
Saur (or Sower), Christopher, first American type-founder, [19].
issues the Germantown Chronicle in 1739, [19].
prints the first quarto Bible, [19].
Scarlet ink, how to make, [288].
Schœffer, Peter, inventor of type-founding, [13], [14].
Semicolon, invented by Aldo Manuccio, [61].
use of, [62].
Senefelder, Alois, discoverer of lithography, [27].
Setting fly on a cylinder press, [274].
off, how to prevent ink from, [279].
tapes, process of, [274].
up a Washington press, [250].
up a roller-stand, [250], [251].
Seventy-twos, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [197].
Shades of ink, how to produce, [288].
Sheets, counting out and putting away, [294].
filling in and pressing, [296].
how to take down from the poles, [296].
names of, [149].
Shooting-sticks, illustrated, [307].
Short letters, [59].
numbers of sheets, allowance for, [294].
pages, how to back, [133].
Side notes, how arranged, [131], [132].
Signatures, table of, [216], [217].
inventor of, [16].
Signaturing, remarks concerning, [135].
Signs, astronomical, [73], [74].
Signs, commercial, [71].
mathematical, [71], [73].
medical, [74], [75].
Silk tympan-covers, [254].
Silvering solution, how to make, [316].
Sitting at work improper, [127].
Sixteens, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [174].
sheet of, [175].
Sixty-fours, scheme for imposing quarter-sheet of, [195].
scheme for imposing quarter-sheet of, with two signatures, [194].
quarter sheet of, mixed, [195].
half-sheet of, [196].
Slotted brass corners, illustrated, [44].
Slovenly copy, censurable, [223].
Slurring, how to prevent, [263], [278].
Small capital letters, [58], [60], [61].
Pica, specimen of, [54].
Smith, George Frederick, founder in Philadelphia, [20].
Matthew, press-maker, [239].
Peter, inventor of a hand-press, [237].
Sorts, upper and lower case, [59].
Sounds of German letters, [94].
Greek letters, [98].
Hebrew letters, [104].
Sower—see [Saur].
Samuel & Co., early American type-founders, [20].
Space-rules, metal, [81].
Spaces, described, [75].
various sizes of, should be kept separate, [128].
Spacing, remarks on, [130], [131].
Speculum Humanæ Salvationis, the first printed book, [11].
Spelling, rules for, [318-332].
Spiegal enser Behoudenisse, one of the first printed books, [10].
Spring bearers, [259].
Springing, to prevent wood-cuts from, [280].
Square cross, where used, [66].
Standard for height of type, [57], [58].
metal furniture, [77].
Standing press, how to fill, [296], [297].
improved, illustrated, [297].
Stanhope, Earl, press invented by, [236].
Star chamber, regulations of, concerning English founders, [18].
St. Augustin, French and Dutch name for English type, [53].
Stereotype plates, English imperfections of, [18].
how to underlay, [272].
block, illustrated, [44].
Stereotyping, invention of, [24].
mode of, [24-26], [46].
mud process, [26].
Stop cylinder press, illustrated, [238].
well adapted for fine printing, [239].
Stower, extract from, [205], [206].
Superiors, [67].
Super-royal paper, size of, [298].
Syllables, abbreviated, [15].
how to divide, [64], [65].
Symbols, absurd, [74].
Table of paper required for a book, [299].
proof-marks, [212].
signatures, [216], [217].
Takes of copy should be small, [221].
Taking copy in companionships, [228], [229].
Taking down sheets when dry, [296].
Tapes, how to set, [274].
Technical terms explained, [338-343].
names should be legibly written, [211].
Tertia, German name of Great Primer, [53].
Theinhardt, Ferdinand, Prussian type-founder, [84].
Thirty-sixes, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [190].
half-sheet of, without cutting, [190].
the same, with two signatures, [191].
Thirty-twos, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [186].
sheet of, [187], [188].
sheet of, with four signatures, [187], [188].
half-sheet, two signatures, [189].
half-sheet of, mixed, [189].
Thomas, Isaiah, [14].
Tilloch, Dr. Alexander, [24].
Tinted paper, coloured ink on, [291].
Tints, neutral, [291].
Title-deeds, scheme for imposing, [150].
Title-pages, hints for setting, [134].
remarks on, [134].
Token-sheet, purpose of, [256].
Tokens explained, [294].
Tools for wood engraving, [34].
Trade-marks, how to secure patents, [335].
Transposing pages, directions for, [207].
pages in companionships, [232].
Turkey boxwood, best for engraving, [34].
Turning a heap, directions for, [261], [262].
Turpentine, spirits of, best for cleansing wood-cuts, [283].
Tweezers, illustrated, [210].
Twenties, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, with two signatures, [181].
sheet of, [182].
Twenty-fours, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, [183].
sheet of, [183], [184].
half-sheet, the sixteens way, [184].
half-sheet of, long, [185].
half-sheet of, without cutting, [186].
Two-line letters, how used, [76].
Tying up pages, [142], [143].
Tympan suitable for cylinder press, [265].
Tympans, how to cover, [254].
Type bodies, point system of, [55], [56].
Type-casting machine, description of, [42].
illustrated, [41].
origin of, [22].
Type-casting machine, perfected by David Bruce, Jr., [22], [23].
Type-founding a distinct calling in the seventeenth century, [18].
early, in New York, [19].
early, in Philadelphia, [19].
in America, [19].
in Europe, [18].
Type-foundries in the United States, [23].
Type-foundry, first American, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, [19].
walk over a, [39-48].
Type, how to lay a fount of, [127].
Type-measure, [227].
Type-metal, [40].
Type-revolving printing machine, Hoe’s, illustrated, [240].
Types, bill of, [57].
Black or Old English letter, [49], [51].
directions for choosing, [50].
fount of, [58].
gradation of, [55].
how to prevent them from adhering, [127].
Italic, invention of, [50].
names and sizes of, [52-54].
prices of, since 1801, [25].
process of manufacturing, [39-43].
Roman, invention of, [49].
specimens of, [53], [54].
Typographic Advertiser, [20].
Typographical errors, a blemish, [200].
peculiarities, ancient, [17], [18].
Underlaying old stereotype plates, [282].
Underlays, when proper on cylinder presses, [270-272].
Uniformity in colors, how to secure, [263].
in spacing essential, [130].
Universal press, illustrated, [248].
Unlocking forms, precautions in, [208].
Upper-case sorts, [59].
Van der Mey’s method of stereotyping, [24].
Variations from copy chargeable, [211].
Varnish for printing ink, how to make, [314].
the common menstruum for colours, [286].
Varnish, prevents enamel from peeling, [284].
Vignettes, how to prepare on the press, [281].
Walter perfecting press, [244].
Warehouse book, form of, [293].
department, [293-298].
Warehouseman, duties of, [293].
Warping of a cut, how to cure, [282].
how to prevent, [282].
Washing forms, directions for, [264], [265].
Washington press, how to set up, [250].
invented by Samuel Rust, illustrated, [237].
Waterproof paper, how to make, [317].
Watts, John, [21].
Web perfecting presses, [242-246].
Wells’s job presses, [246].
Wet paper, how to be protected overnight, [264].
Wetting paper, directions for, [255-257].
drawing and plate paper, [256].
rules for giving out paper for, [294], [295].
Wetting-trough, how to be made, [255].
White, Elihu, type-founder in New York, [21], [22].
White pages, how to be treated, [259].
Wood-cuts, how to prepare on the press, [280-283].
how to wash, [283].
how to take proof of, [283].
Wood engraving, tools for, [34].
type, how to be cared for, [292].
Woollen blankets, needless when new type is used, [257], [266].
Words and phrases, foreign, [357-372].
Working in pocket unsatisfactory, [227].
Works, how to manage hurried, [226].
Wrinkles in paper, how to remove, [263].
Writing inks, coloured, how to make, [314].
Yellow ink, how to produce, [287], [288].
Zarotti, Antonio, the inventor of signatures, [16].
Zell, Ulrich, printer of the Chronicle of Cologne, [9].
Zodiacal signs, [73].