The History of PrintingS.P.C.K., 1855 - 232 pages |
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... parchment . One of these copper plates , or deeds , bearing date twenty years before the birth of Christ , is still in existence . Engraving , however , is not printing , though one might have naturally suggested the other . Yet ...
... parchment . One of these copper plates , or deeds , bearing date twenty years before the birth of Christ , is still in existence . Engraving , however , is not printing , though one might have naturally suggested the other . Yet ...
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... parchment , on one side only , and the leaves are pasted together in order that the eye might not be offended by the naked sides . The types are rude , the lines uneven , the pages differ in size , nor are they numbered ; the words ...
... parchment , on one side only , and the leaves are pasted together in order that the eye might not be offended by the naked sides . The types are rude , the lines uneven , the pages differ in size , nor are they numbered ; the words ...
Page 85
... parchment , which are stretched on a square iron framework . The press is worked in this way . The type to be printed is laid on the table , and inked with a soft roller , made principally of boiled glue and treacle . The printer lays a ...
... parchment , which are stretched on a square iron framework . The press is worked in this way . The type to be printed is laid on the table , and inked with a soft roller , made principally of boiled glue and treacle . The printer lays a ...
Page 215
... parchment and other writing materials . The papyrus is a water plant growing from five to six feet high , and , having a triangular stem , one of which , says Bruce , is constantly opposed to the current of the stream in which it grows ...
... parchment and other writing materials . The papyrus is a water plant growing from five to six feet high , and , having a triangular stem , one of which , says Bruce , is constantly opposed to the current of the stream in which it grows ...
Page 216
... parchment instead of papyrus . The world owes the invention of parchment to Eumenes the Second , a learned king of Pergamos , in Asia Minor ; and it is thought that its name is a corruption of pergamena , the Latin name of Pergamos ...
... parchment instead of papyrus . The world owes the invention of parchment to Eumenes the Second , a learned king of Pergamos , in Asia Minor ; and it is thought that its name is a corruption of pergamena , the Latin name of Pergamos ...
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afterwards amongst art of printing beautiful Bible bishops blind block books printed called catalogue Caxton Chapel Chinese Cochlæus Cologne colour commenced compositor contrivance copy Coster cylinder machine described drawing drum edition England English engraving errors etching ground Faust French frisket Guttenberg Haarlem hand impressions improvement instance invention inventor king Koenig laid lampblack learned letters lever lines lithography logographic London Lord Stanhope master ment Mentz metal casts metal types mezzotinto Miles Coverdale mode mould moveable types multiplied Naboth niello obtained parchment persons pica piece placed platen practised pressman printers printing books printing cylinder printing machine printing-office proof pulp punches roller round says Schoeffer screw Scriptures seal Senefelder sheet of paper sheets an hour side stamped stereotype stone surface tion translation turned tympan Tyndale type-founders whilst William Caxton wood wooden types words workman writing written Wynkyn de Worde
Popular passages
Page 6 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 4 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Page 5 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 108 - Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing since the discovery of the art itself. The reader of this paragraph now holds in his hand one of the many thousand impressions of The Times newspaper which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus.
Page 108 - Times newspaper, which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus. A system of machinery almost organic has been devised and arranged, which, while it relieves the human frame of its most laborious efforts in printing, far exceeds all human powers in rapidity and dispatch.
Page 187 - James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on.
Page 56 - And for as much as in the writing of the same my pen is worn, my hand weary and not steadfast, mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper, and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been, and that age creepeth on me daily and feebleth all the body, and also because I have promised to divers gentlemen and to my friends to address to them as hastily as I might this said book...
Page 103 - ... by all who called for it, the word " Universal " being universally omitted, and the word " Register " being only retained. " Boy, bring me the Register ! " The waiter answers, " Sir, we have not a library, but you may see it at the New Exchange coffee-house.
Page 103 - Tristram, suffered from unusual casualties, both laughable and serious, arising from its name, which, on its introduction, was immediately curtailed of its fair proportion by all who called for it, the word Universal being universally omitted, and the word Register being only retained. 'Boy, bring me The Register...
Page 103 - Ladies. For these and other reasons, the parents of the UNIVERSAL REGISTER have added to its original name that of the TIMES; which, being a monosyllable, bids defiance to corruptors and mutilators of the language.