w IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) k A {./ V s '■^^ % M A % 7i 1.0 I.I 1.25 ;f iM iiM «^ i!M 12.2 2.0 1.4 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation # ■1>^ fV '^>^ :\ \ ^d8 and materials of varit>u8 kinds, and sucli was tliu a[){)eataiu.'t.' [ne- sonted by the first homes of the early settlers in many an instance. ) The log cabin of the Society of Pioneers, with its belongings and primitive surroundings, as it stands in the nook allotted to it, nuirked (.tD^y its primitive snake fence in the Exhibition park, furnishes a^i it were a kind of zero mark by I Tin: LOG SlIAXTy MOOKSHELK FOR 1890. moans of which material progicss in Westuin Canada during the past one hun- dred years, may f»e estimated. In a somewhat similar maunor the specimens of primitiv',,' ty^iography displayed on the Slielf may help typographers and readers in general, visiting the Industrial l']xhibition, to compare the achiev- ments of printiiiL' in this [^e.'^ent day with those efi'ected in the period of its infancy ; and suijirise will douhtles.s be created in the minds of many at the high degree of excellence attained by the "Art of Arts,'" so soon after its in- vention. In another point of view the samples of Pioneer Typtigraphy on our Book-shelf tliis year, will also serve as aineasure of progress. Since the date of the earliist of them what an enormous expansion has taken place, in the sphere of hiiuian tliought ! Wliat a multijtlication, consetpionth* of the forms of human activity I How changed — and that too inmieasurably for the better surely — the handling of almost every topic of human interest ! Such doubtless will \^c the excLamatinns i>f every one who has the time, the inclination, and the capacity to examine the contents of these venerable volumes. It will be observed that nearly all the specimens exhibited are the produc- tions of printing presses on the continent of Europe and not of the Bj-itish Islands. This is natural, inasmuch as some thirty or forty years elapsed before the transportation of the uew iirt froni the Continent to England took place. The extant productions of England's first printer, William t 'axton, are scarce and only procurable by persons whose means are ample. Hence no veritable (,'axton's will be found on our Shelf, l)ut iii lieu thereof a rather plentiful supply of facsimiles of C.ixton's work, jinsworing every purpose, should study and comparison be desired, on the other hand many tine genuine protluctions of the presses of the earliest printers of the several European cities which were the c -adles of the Ai-t are exliibited, viz.: Stnisburg, Mayence, Basle Venice, Cologne, Paris, and iVntwerp. To this collection have been added a few specimens of Pioneer book-binding, illustrative of early stylos of the Biblio-Pegistio Art, to use a euphuism in vogue of late. Tkinjty Sqltare, ToKONTo, Sept. 1, 18 clasps perfe'-t. H. Eggesteyii vas a partner for some time with the printer Mentei at Stras- innirg, wholivtd 1410 t-i> 1478. B>i •iutenburg (1400-1468) the inventor of metal types, and, therefore, must have derived their knowletlgf of the new art and mystery clandestinely, or otlierwiae, from him or from his partners, Fust and Schoeflfer. 1474— Henrj Hefii. The Golden Mirror of the Ten Masters. (Speinhnn Avn-nw D/'cem I'rtreeptirrvui). Folio. Black Letter. Mayenre. Printer, Peter Sdioyfffr, U7^. At the end of the volume appears the well-known devioe of F\ist and Schoyifer, tonsistini; of two small !>hield8 suspended from a rustic billet of wood. Ttio left shield representinjf Fust liears on it a kind of cros.-ied saltire fonm-d apparently of rwo iron clamps or doi,'8 used in the primitive saw mills. The rijrht hand shield hears on it a Lamtxla shaped obje^-c ('juery '•) (head of antique .Shejtiierd's crook] with three stars in the iiack- arouiid. Th:-* device is red, as ar» the nuiiii rou.s larire capital; inserted by hand throujfhout the work. 1476— Anthony dt Kaiii]>e^lis. A Golden Repertory of tlu' BiV>le. (Determinations of S'ripture alphaheti'-ally arransre. Larjre Foljn. Thi< k wooden sides covered with stamped leather, vlasjis preserved. At the top of the riijfht liand covtr is a strong staple witli movable ririg attached b\ means of which the volume could be moved to the rii,'lU or left on a desk without beimr s-eparattd from a rwl r.mnin- across above the desk. 1480 — Summary of the Decretak. (Latin). Folio. Black Letter. Louvain. Printer, .John of Westjihalia, 14jlor]ijti). Folio, niai'k Lettrr. Sti-MhiirK. I'rintor, UW. 1491— Francis rlo MaynMi.'-. Lcnttn S<'m'ior\fl('/iin-J. 1499_p, .niponiiis Letus. Compendium of Roman History. Latin). <^uarto. Venice. Printer, Brrnarilinns, UTO. Roman Tyi)e. 1499— Hauiherir .Missal. Commnnion Service arofrdin;; to the use of IJanihert,'. (Latin). Folio, niaek Letter. Ramheru. Printer, .'dl.n I'teyl, U9!>. Stamped vellnni. Wooden covers. .Many lar^je capitals illuminated in ewlours on j,'i)liiO. 1803 --t>ionysius, the Areo|)at;ite (St. Denis). l!i> VVorUi. Folio. Rlack Letter. Straa- luirjr. Printer, , L'^^iKi. 1814— M. Cato, Vano. (iolumella an'l I'.alladius. On l{nral Affairs (/)«' AV y.'t(.s'/i'('(0. Venice Printiv Alduii, L'U. (In Italic type throujihnui ). .\nchor and Doljthiii on title jiaj^'e. 1617 -Honisi. K}{>priaii Hiero^rlypliies. (From tlie (ircek), yuarto. lJolo;4na. Printer, .ieronie Platonidcs, 1517. 1618— .John Geiler. Seinmns. Folio. Black Letter. Wood cuts and wood cut frame on title pajfe. Straslnir'^. Printer, J. Uruninirer, l.'.US. 1619— Peter Comestor. Scholastic History if the Sacred Scriptures. (Latin). IFairenuu. Printer, H. Hamerpen, I.'.IO. 1621— Laciiintiiis' Works. (Latin). Folio. Italics throughout. Basle. Printer, Andrew Cratander, l.v21. TitK pai;e surrounded hy line wood cut framr. 1824- Thomas .\i|uii)as. on the Heathen (C.lish Nation (Ho'li-yiastica lUsforia' (^ctitix Anijlontin). Venerable Rede. Antwerp. Printer Ouarinus, LViU. Device with Motto, "Qtiare )u!c ultia." C. Si^roiuus, i;rrors corrected in the Texts of Livy. Cicero, Vir-il, etc. (Rmmdatiuio'n). \enice. Printer, Aldus, .\nchor and Dolphin surrounded hv wreath of (lowers and 1624 1624 1627- 1634- 15.35- 1650- 1657- fruir. THE LOO-SIIANTY nO0F< STIF.LF FOF{ i>'H, < 1587— Tpromu FnktiiH ()i\ the Sioanihrian Wnr. T'^^llo Vtiiicc. I'lintiT, AMih, l.'i.'iT, 15S8-B Lavri'danus. On Cici'io. Vcnioe. Printir, Aldus, IMS. 1562-"lii">«o.'ston) (Ic Virf^itiiinii'. Translatcl from the Oreok. i^»narto. Rome. Printer, raujus Mttiiiitiui AldiiM, Kiai. Fine duvii'e of |)i>t)ihiii ainl Anchor on title iiat,'t'. 1578— (JaH.Hian. On Monastitnsm. Antwerp. Printer, Christopher Plantin, ir)78. Planting device oti title pajre. 1690- Holy Itil'le (A?/WiV .SVkvvO. Antwri". I'lanthi, I'.OO. Title in wood cut frame. Plan- tin's device. Stamped cclluni bindinn. p\v ter, lis. of md XIV. Century M.S. nemardinus of Sienna. (On the everlnstinj; C!osi)e!K (//i .Ktrrn, Eimiiiivl). Manusii-rijit on M.'Unin of flic UthCcntnry. Folio. lilai'U I.i'ttev. This volume is placed here to show how closely thrinting. It was ^ireviously in common ',ise tn denote the marking of a device, motto, name, etc., on ]iaper or other substances by means of a stamp. The old Norman French for stamp "was em/m'ii'nf and to api»Iy it was enipre'mdre. Ifence we derived our familiar imprint and to imprint. Here too. ])y discaid- ing the tirst syllable, we get in English our word print, so concise, so full, and so convenient. [The two following specimens are facsimiles of Block-books. Long before the discovery of printing with moval>le types, it had been the practice to carve literary nuvtter with pictorial illnstrations on lilocks of wood in relief, from which ini])ressions were taken on paper, afterwards made up into book form, lu China this is still extensively done.] « 1410-l420~-(Fa<^simile). Bible of the Poor {BiMia Patiiwruni). Scenes from the Old and Xew Testament with texts on Scrolls, engraved wholly on wooden blocks. Uussel Smith's reprodnotion from copy in the Hritibh .Museum, edited by .). Ph. Berjean, 1859. Larjje Quarto. 81 plates containinjr !' compartments on each plate, .^i of which are .sitenes from the Old and New Testaine?it. The other 4 compartments contain Scripture te.xts. 1433 -The Sonjr of Son).fs {Cantica Vanticonun). Numerous titrures in deli(^ate o\itline and uncoloured. Quotations from the Sonjr of Solomon, copiously inserted on Scrollsi, are all made to apply to the Vir,ufin Alary, 1433. Berjeau's rejiroduction. FArsnni es of hooks from tuv. press of william caxton AND OTHERS. Williaiij Civxton set up ;i i»rintiiig pruaa in the precinotH of Werttministcr Abl)ey in 1474. lie is said to have atndied the new art at IJruges under tl.o direction of Col.vrdl Mansion the first printer in that city. 1474 — The Oaini- ■>! the CIicsh. Repiodiuert from tlif «i"''onri edition printed by William Caxton ai Wostminster, in 1474. A juvvioiiH edition ha«l lieen i.xxned l»y him at Coio^rnc. In 1471, ThiH pdiilon ook ever priiited in Kiitcl.md. In this i.-dition ih>nv lire twenty -(our bold wood (niw i)niiintl> illllstl•uti^l' of the namf. 1477— I»iej;x'ii(l, translated Ity Caxton. l-'olio. Double columns. Numerous \v.)(xl cuts. A Netherlandish version of ti-.e same v.v.il. at the end, from the preris of Wynkyn de Worde, 14!W. 1485- Paris and Vieime. An early chivalrous story translate*! from P" jvcnral French. Printed by (.'axton in 148'). A tvanslatioii in aretiaic En^.'lisli arrompanies this facsimile. 1485- Tr ever printeil. They compri.-ie the enactments of the tirst three I'arliamenis of Henry the VH. This was the la^it work printed by Caxton who died in 141)2. Francis Compton I'riee's Facsimile from the i)re.ss of Willi ini Caxton at Westminster, privately iniiitcrl. Loiido;). 1^77. It include.^ Caxton's liand-bill advertisement, ante llflio. The first broadside in Kn^dand. I486— The IkHiK i>t St. vlban's. Printed by the (unknown) schoolmaster, contains treatises by bade .(idiana Perners, on llawkinj;, Ilnntinj,', and Coat-Armour, with numerous woo42. As an illuatration of the facihty with which a manuscript of supposed great ami(|uity can be imitated, there has been placed in the collection a copy of an Egyptian Court circiiiar of B.C. 1302. Supposed to have l)een l)rought from the Meuiphi.s Pyramid to London by an English ofiicer during au expeditiou to THE LOG SHANTY IIOOK-.SHKLF FOll iai«). 9 E^ypt. A burK>8<,ue pro^luctiou which much ainus.!-! the I;ihli..granhical savants of < Jcrmany and England a fi-w years sincfc, Tw(. samples of a new