Glaciers. Green (W. S.) Among the Selkirk
glaciers. 1890. ill. maps.C 2376
Helmholtz (H.) Ice and glaciers: in his
Popular lectures, v. 1. 1884.E 4726
Molloy (G.) The glaciers of the Alps: in his
Gleanings in science. 1888.E 4926
Rendu ( ) Theory of the glaciers of Savoy.
1874. map.E 4623
in Tyndall (J.) The forms of water. 1885.
ill.E 4179
Gladiators; by G. J. W. Melville. v. d.F 6041,
F 6042
Gladstone (J. H.) The life of Faraday: in
Science lectures, Manchester, v. 2. 1885.E 3841
Gladstone (William E.) Gleanings of past
years. 1879-97. 8v. 12oH 8114-21
1. The Throne and the Prince Consort; The
Cabinet and constitution. 2. Personal and
literary. 3. Historical and speculative. 4. Foreign.
5-6. Ecclesiastical 7. Miscellaneous. 8. Theological
and Ecclesiastical.
Homer. 1878. 12oG 7233

"Old-style" in type does not mean old-fashioned, but the more artistic and readable type modelled on the lettering of the early printers, principally those of the Italian presses, and is that most preferred at present. If anything, modern-faced type is the older fashioned. Fantastic or decorated types, even for initial capitals at the commencement of a division of the catalogue, are better avoided. The following is an example somewhat after the style of the second given above, but applied to a classified catalogue:—

944 French History.

Coignet (Clarisse) Francis I. [of France] and his
times. [Translated] from the French by Fanny
Twemlow. Lond. 1888. 8vo. pp. iv. 371.
944.028 C 1
Beauchamp (Comte de) Louis XIII. d'après sa
correspondance avec le Cardinal de Richelieu.
Paris, 1902. fol. pp. [iv]. 460. Ports., map and
illus.
F 944.032 B 1
Furse (George Armand) 1800. Marengo and
Hohenlinden. Lond. 1903. 8vo. pp. xii. 478.
Port., illus. and maps.
944.046 F 2
Bowles (Thomas Gibson) The defence of Paris,
[1870-71] narrated as it was seen. Lond. 1871.
8vo. pp. x. 405. Map and illus.
944.08 B 4

When varying sizes of type are used for distinctive purposes, the contrast is better brought about by using for the smaller type one which is two sizes under that of the body of the catalogue. Thus if 10-point (or long primer) is used, then 8-point (or brevier) is taken for the small type rather than 9-point (or bourgeois), which would not be sufficiently distinctive. All the above examples are in 8-point (or brevier) with 6-point (or nonpareil) for the small size. The following table of types and the space they occupy is useful for reference:—

This is old-style 12-point(Pica)
This is old-style 11-point(Small Pica)
This is old-style 10-point(Long Primer)
This is old-style 9-point(Bourgeois)
This is old-style 8-point(Brevier)
This is old-style 7-point(Minion)
This is old-style 6-point(Nonpareil)
This is modern-faced 12-point(Pica)
This is modern-faced 11-point(Small Pica)
This is modern-faced 10-point(Long Primer)
This is modern faced 9-point(Bourgeois)
This is modern-faced 8-point(Brevier)
This is modern faced 7-point(Minion)
This is modern-faced 6-point(Nonpareil)

Where cost has not to be considered, a better effect is obtained by printing a catalogue across the page instead of in double columns. This takes up nearly twice as much space, given the same size of type, and is usually printed in demy octavo size (8½ inches by 5½). If the number of entries is large the catalogue makes a thick volume, though this depends largely upon the size of type used. The following example is taken from a class-list printed in 8-point (or brevier) with notes and contents in 6-point (or nonpareil) as in the double-columned catalogues shown above:—

Poole, G. Ayliffe. History of ecclesiastical architecture in
England, pp. xiv, 415, port8o. 1848
— and OTHERS. Architectural notices of the churches of the
archdeaconry of Northampton: deaneries of Higham
Ferrers and Haddon. pp. xii. 288, illus.roy. 8o. 1849
Potter, Joseph. Remains of ancient monastic architecture in
Englandroy. fo. [1845-7]
Contents—Buildwas Abbey church, pl. 33.—Wenlock Priory church.
pl. 30.—Tintern Abbey church. pl. 49.
— Specimens of antient English architecture: ... plans, elevations,
sections, and details.—Ecclesiastical. pp. 31, pl. 42.
roy. 4o. 1848
Prickett, Marmaduke. Historical and architectural description
of the Priory church of Bridlington. pp. xxviii, 130, pl. 17.
8o. Cambridge, 1831
Prioux, Stanislas. Monographie de l'ancienne abbaye royale
Saint-Yved de Braine; [avec plans, élévations, &c.] pp. iii,
104, pl. 26.fo. Paris, 1859