The true Effigies of Iohn Guttemberg
Delineated from the Original Painting at Mentz in Germanie.
MOXON’S
MECHANICK EXERCISES
OR THE DOCTRINE OF HANDY-WORKS
APPLIED TO THE ART OF
PRINTING
A LITERAL REPRINT IN TWO VOLUMES OF
THE FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1683
WITH PREFACE AND NOTES BY
THEO. L. DE VINNE
VOLUME I
PREFACE
JOSEPH MOXON was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire, England, August 8, 1627. There is no published record of his parentage or his early education. His first business was that of a maker and vender of mathematical instruments, in which industry he earned a memorable reputation between the years 1659 and 1683. He was not content with this work, for he had leanings to other branches of the mechanic arts, and especially toward the designing of letters and the making of printing-types.