It is also my pleasure, as well as my duty, to thank the Secretary of the American Antiquarian Society for information regarding specimens in his possession; my friend, Dr. Wright, of the British and Foreign Bible Society, for free access to the highly interesting Library under his care; Messrs. Tuer, Bremner, Gill, and others for the kind loan of Specimens; the Librarian of the London Institution for permission to facsimile portions of the rare specimen of James’ Foundry in that Library; and the numerous other friends, who, by reading proofs and in other ways, have generously assisted me in my labours.
I also take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Prætorius and Mr. Manning for the care they have bestowed on the preparation of facsimiles for this work; and of expressing my obligations to the officials of the British Museum and Record Office for their invariable courtesy on all occasions on which their assistance has been invoked.
Introductory Chapter. THE TYPES AND TYPE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST PRINTERS 1
Chap. 1. THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES 31
〃 2. THE LEARNED, FOREIGN AND PECULIAR CHARACTERS 57
〃 3. THE PRINTER LETTER-FOUNDERS, FROM CAXTON TO DAY 83
〃 4. LETTER FOUNDING AS AN ENGLISH MECHANICAL TRADE 102
〃 5. THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING 123
〃 7. THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT 164
〃 9. THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY 193
〃 19. THE MINOR FOUNDERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY 345
〃 21. THE MINOR FOUNDERS FROM 1800 TO 1830 357
PAGE 1.—Types cast from leaden matrices, _circ._ 1500 16
2.—Specimen illustrating the variations in the face of type, produced by bad casting 18
3.—Type mould of Claude Garamond. Paris, 1540. From Duverger 23
4.—Profile tracings from M. Claudin’s 15th century types 21
5.—A 15th century type. From M. Madden’s _Lettres d’un Bibliographe_ 24
6.—A 15th century type. From _Liber de Laudibus...Mariæ_, _circ._ 1468 24
7.—Roman letter. From the _Sophologium_, Wiedenbach? 1465–70? 42
8.—Roman and Black letter intermixed. From Traheron’s _Exposition of St. John_, 1552 45
9.—Robijn Italic, cut by Chr. van Dijk. From the original matrices 52
10.—Gothic Type or Lettre de Forme, _circ._ 1480. From the original matrices 53
11.—Philosophie Flamand engraved by Fleischman, 1743. From the original matrices 54
