Early Typography

by William Skeen

The cover image was created by the transcriber and placed in the public domain.

Items in the [Errata] listed on page 424 have been changed. Otherwise, no known changes to spelling or punctuation as appeared in the original publication have been made except as follows:

• • Page 22
    papier-maché castings changed to
    [papier-mâché] castings
• • Page 243
    by the name of the printing house.” changed to
    by the name of the printing [house.’”]
• • Page 316
    “No one knows; yet it seems changed to
    “No one [knows;”] yet it seems
  • the assistants of Guttenberg, Faust and Schœffer changed to
    the assistants of [Gutenberg], Faust and Schœffer
• • Page 383
    and eighth formes: the next quaternion changed to
    and eighth [formes;] the next quaternion
• • Page 417
    ‘experiments of his foreman H. le Blansch changed to
    [‘experiments’] of his foreman H. le Blansch
• • Page 420
    that of Zell, who says Gutenburg changed to
    that of Zell, who says [Gutenberg]
• • Page 421
    were the work of a letter-synder changed to
    were the work of a [letter-snyder]
• • Page i
    pleasing and anecdotal manner it which changed to
    pleasing and anecdotal manner [in] which
• • Page ii
    little has hitherto been known. changed to
    little has hitherto been [known.”]
• • Page iv
    only interesting but instructive.—_The Messenger._ changed to
    only interesting but [instructive.”]—_The Messenger._
• • Footnote 11
    Monumens Typographiques des Pays Bays changed to
    Monumens Typographiques des Pays [Bas]
  • Sieclé changed to
    [Siècle]
• • Footnote 17
    Thomas á Kempis, according to Meiners, changed to
    Thomas [à Kempis], according to Meiners,
• • Footnote 63
    plusquam 4000 florenorem changed to
    plusquam 4000 [florenorum]
• • Footnote 79
    Introduction Historique et Bibliographique. changed to
    Introduction Historique et [Bibliographique.”]
• • Footnote 83
    Harlem, 1628. 4to. changed to
    [Haarlem], 1628. 4to.
• • Footnote 98
    clarum nomem Mogus changed to
    clarum [nomen] Mogus
• • Footnote 107
    The attitude of the statute, nobly draped changed to
    The attitude of the [statue], nobly draped
• • Footnote 139
    Justiniani codex institutionem changed to
    Justiniani codex [institutionum]
• • Footnote 140
    that William Tydnale’s version of the changed to
    that William [Tyndale’s] version of the
  • by Joann. Schæffier changed to
    by Joann. [Schæffler]