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Nonpareil Athenian. Capitals, 15; Lower-case, n.

THE MAKIUG OF BOOKS.

THE substance of the book may be excellent and properly displayed,
but there are few books that would not be improved by a fur-
nishing which would bring them into relation to other work in the same
direction, and render them more complete lor purposes of reference and
study. Let us enumerate the several points in which, thoroughness
might be secured.

In the first place, the title-page ought to contain a perfectly intelli-
gible title, giving comprehensively the subject of the book ; the author's
name should be followed by such works of his own as are related to
this one; the reverse of the title-page may well contain a statement as
to the number of copies disposed of, and the dates of the several editions,
if these editions have been materially changed. There should be a pref-
ace, giving so far a history of the book that follows as the work may
demand. That is the private explanation which every one has a right
to ask of the author. The table of contents should be analytical, so
that one could determine quickly the scope of the book, and should be
followed by a list of illustrations and maps, giving the name of the
draughtsman. The head-lines should, if possible, give the contents of
the page below, and, if the work is a history or biography, the current
date should be supplied in the head-line. Side-notes to historical works
and to logical treatises are real additions. Small clew maps let into
the text are very serviceable, and ought to be repeated whenever the
reference is required, instead of being used once only, forcing the reader
to turn back. Then, notes ought to be so divided between mere refer-
ences and annotations, that the former should be given at the foot of
the page, and the latter at the end of the volume. Tables, charts, and
all such furniture as serve to render the work clearer, should be used
freely, but one of the most useful appendixes is to be found in a bio-
graphical list. This, we contend, ought to be as regular a part of the
book as the index. Every work which the author has consulted in
preparing his book should be duly entered, especially the magazine arti-
cles for which he has had to hunt; then, if the work is the biography
of a literary man, all his writings should be duly noted, with their
dates, and the pages of reference to the biography itself. The topical
index i3 so generally regarded as a necessary part of a book that refer-
ence to it would seem superfluous; yet it is frequently omitted, to the
great disadvantage of the reader.

In a word, we think it is not only a matter of justice to the reader,
but should be one of professional pride to the publisher, that every
book dealing with facts should be thoroughly furnished, so far a8 its
scope permits, with such apparatus as may make it at once indepen-
dent of other books, and an index to other books.

N. Y. Tribune.

2io	Specimens of the Types of

Pica Athenian. Capitals, 28; Lower-case, 20.

WHY NOT?

Why should not a Favorite Book be
as proper an object of elegant ornamen-
tation as the head of a Cane, the hilt of
a Sword, or the latchet of a Shoe?

Roscoe.

Great-primer Athenian. Capitals, 38; Lower-case, 24.

EVERY MAS EHDEAYORS

with his Utmost Care
To hide his Poverty from Others
and his Idleness from Himself.

Johnson.

Double-small-pica Athenian. Capitals, 47; Lower-case, 32.

MAKE PERFECT.
That which is unfinished'
should never be shown to
Children or to Simpletons.

Joshua Reynolds.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	11

Brevier Athenian. • Capitals, 19; Lower-case, 13.

WHO BOUGHT THAT BOOK?

A MAH of unquestionable character and scholarship
wrote a suitable and intelligent book on an impor-
tant subject, and at his own expense had it brought into
the world by a distinguished publisher, prudently intima-
ting on the title-page that he reserved the right of trans-
lation. Giving the work all due time to find its way, he
called at the Row, exactly a year after the day of publi-
cation, to ascertain the result. He was presented with a
perfectly succinct account of charge and discharge, in which
he was credited with three copies sold. How, he knew
that his family had bought two copies, but he never
could find out who it was that had bought the third.
The one mind into which his thoughts had thus passed
remained ever mysteriously undiscovered.

John Hill Burton.

Long-primer Athenian. Capitals, 23; Lower-case, 17.

A LAMENT.

What, says a British, reviewer, has become of
the intimate relation that once existed between
the author and printer? Modern society has
made new manners and customs. Too often the
head of a printing-house is nothing more than
a trader; the proof-reader is almost a mechanic.
This observation is but too true. Printing and
publishing are in their decadence. They follow
in the steps of literature and the arts, which
are now but little better than trades.

Crapelet,12	Specimens of the Types of

Nonpareil Oxonian. Capitals, 13; Small capitals, 11.
©ije sonseguenses of ©immnsy.

y^vojsfjlrg siri^s p youri<3 fflfir into low company, both of women and

x £ men, so surely as ®imidi®y and diffidence of himself. if he whines
luhaut he shall no®, he may depend upon i® he will no®, please. buct,
wiwh proper endeavors ho please, and a degree of persuasion 5jha® he
shall, i® is almos® gerwain ®ha® he will.

che8terfield.

Brevier Oxonian. Capitals, 17; Small capitals, 14.

ODD	€^OI^.

I have two f^engh points hanging in
my study, both on iliad subjects. in one of
the foi^me^ pgamemnon addresses flghildes exactly in

the attitude of a dancing (Hasher turning

£$iss in a minute [minuet].

In a recent London edition of Cowper'8 Letters.

Long-primer Oxonian. Capitals, 25; Small capitals, 17.

1 erajy no mpn

op my time ahy sayihs so mu6h as i

€hyy Lioi^d <John fjusseiil that admi^abliE depi-

hitioh op a pr?oyer?b, "©he tolsdom op
fflany ahd the 03l® op ohe."

Rogers.

Pica Oxonian. Capitals, 24; Small capitals, 20.

si?e ffioeqen© we

Feel angry in ©onctroyersy we

i?aye already ceased sctriying for utrutch,
flnd begun striying for ourselyes.

Carlyle.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

13

Great-primer Oxonian. Capitals, 33; Small capitals, 25.

Lcefi^neD GX^LID

CQay yei^y fairly be
Divided into those who FJetui^n
the Booi^s Bo^owed by them,

AND ©HOSE WHO DO HOT.

Two-line-long-primer Oxonian. Capitals, 38; Small capitals, 30.

iieprenins so r?pue,

pND Wisdom m LAGI^,
Is a Lcoad or Booi^s
On an flss's BAGI^.

Two-line-pica Oxonian. Capitals, 45 ; Small capitals, 35.

seffii-goixon

HAS BEEN USED
IN ©MINTING AS A CQAI^ OP
INUE^OGATION.14

Specimens of the Types of

Long-primer Record. Capitals, 16.

FITNE00 IN BINDING-
jj BOOJs: WORTJi TEN OT{ TWENTY POUND# CERTAINLY
J)[ DESERVE# AN EQUAL EXPENDITURE FOR BINDING-
' TWENTY POUND# ARE NOT TOO }AUC}I TO PAY FOR
A SPECIMEN OF TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET. THAT ARTI0T
DID TJiE WORK JUMgELF, AND CONSEQUENTLY COULD
NOT DO VERY MUCP, AND REQUIRED A NIQP PRICE,

Quaritoh.

Pica Record. Capitals, 20.

WE ONLY POPULARITY
WORW AjSPIRINGf AFTER IjS A
PEACEFUL POPULARITY—WE POPULARITY OF
WE flEART—WE POPULARITY WAT
1$ WORN IN WE BO0OM OF
FAMILY, AND AT WE $IDE OF DEAW-BEDJS.

Dr. Chalmers.

Great-primer Record. Capitals, 27.

TAKE WARNING!' A VERY IRRI-
TABLE FRENCH AUTHOR DIED //V
A FIT WjlEfJ HE /S'AW THAT HI#
BOOK HAB BEEN PRWEB WITH

ABOUT THREE HUNDRED ERROR#.

%Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

15

Double-pica Record. Capitals, 38.

THAT /S'IJICERITY WHICH

IjS HOT CflAKITABLE
PROCEED^ EROjA A

CHARITY WHICH 1$ HOT

mCERE. F_.

Double-great-primer Record. Capitals, 53.

WflEN TfiE
flEffiT 1$ OUT OF
TUNE we TOblQUE

TilClflT

Chinese Proverb.16	Specimens of the Tyftes of

Pica Dado. Capitals, 18; Lower-case, 13.

DELflpl-

IjDrtfE always found tijat people Wlio delayed doing their
worlj till after a certain period did nothing at all. tfhe
resolution was gone. jJothing is more fatal tlian putting
off doing a tiling till to-morrow. . . . What a pity it
is that we learn everything when it is too late I We learn
to live when have done with life; We learn to educate
our children when they are grown up; We learn to paint
when our chief wor^ is accomplished; we always feel how
much better We could do the tiling if only we had the chance
of doing it over again.

Two-line-brevier Dado. Capitals, 23; Lower-case, 17.

FiplEjSl' EPII'jtel' for genius Was
that whicli was applied to plewton's genius,
"patient." jie who has patience coupled with
energy is sure, sooner or later, to obtain the
results of genius; lie Who has genius Without
patience and Without energy (if, indeed, such
genius be a tiling possible) might as Well have
no genius at all. jiis worlds and ainis, lil^e the
plants of nature before tlie deluge, fyaie no roots.

Bulwer.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co,

17

Two-line-pica Dado. Capitals, 33; Lower-case, 23.

IF V/b jiflD Jfo JWlJl/lfe

V/e should ta^e no Pleasure in
reniari^ing tliose of others; if we
had no Pride, we should not per-
ceive it in another.-^	Rochefoucauld.

Two-line-great-primer Dado. Capitals, 44; Lower-case, 30.

K JVEOBELs ^EPO^f.
--I'iie procession was very
fine, and nearly two utiles
in length; as was also tfie
Prayer of I^ev. Dr. Perry.

3i8

Specimens of the Types of

Nonpareil Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 12.

A REQUEST.

ON THE TITLE OF A DEVOTIONAL BOOK OF 1493, WHICH H^D BEEN TRANS-
LATED FROM LATIN INTO FRENCH BY JEAJM LAMBERT, IS A SUMMARY WHICH
CONCLUDES WITH THIS REQUEST: "THIS TRANSLATION HAS BEEJM DILIGENTLY
CORRECTED UNDER. THE ORIGINAL. FOR. WHICH REASON, WHOEVER. READETH
THIS BOOK, SHOULD PRAY TO OUR. LORD FOR. THE SALVATION OF THE PROOF-
READER."

Brevier Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 13.

Fy\eiLIS DESCENSUS.

<8- IF j\ MAJM 0N6E INDULGES HIJV1SELF IJ\I MURDER VERY SOOJ^J HE
SOJV1ES TO THINK, LITTLE OF JOBBING; y\ND FROJVI JOBBING HE
GOMES JMEXT TO DRINKING, y\ND FROJVI THAT TO IJM0IVILITY yKJSID
PROCFy\STIJ\IATIOJM.

De Quincy.

Long-primer Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 17.

FOF^ OUT OF THE OLD FIELDES, AS JWEN SAITHE,

©OMETH jAL THIS JMEW COF^NE FRO YEF^E TO YEF^E,
y\ND OUT OF OLD BOOK.ES IJSI QOODE FAITHE

©OJVIETH y\L THIS JMEW S6IEJMCE THAT JVIEN LEF^E.

Chaucer.

Pica Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 21.

IT IS SOOfJ FOUND
THy\T y\ GF^EAT DEy\L OF LITERA-
TURE HAS BEEJM THE MEF(E "POURING OUT
OF OJME BOTTLE IJMTO ANOTHER."

John Hill Burton.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	19

English Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 23.

GOVERNOR BERKELEY Oj\l PRINTING,

* I THy\NK GOD THERE IS JMO FF^EE
SCHOOLS JMOR PRINTING, y\ND I HOPE
WE SHy\LL JMOT HAVE THESE HUNDRED
YEAF^S, GOD K.EEP US FROJVI BOTH,

Great-primer Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 29.

THE POINTERS YOU HAVE
SEJMT FROJVI GERMANY
MAKE VERY ^©0URATE BOOKS,
CLOSELY F(ESEMBLIN(S
JV1ANUS6RIPTS.

Double-small-pica Grotesque Gothic. Capitals, 35.

/\ LITTLE THIJNG GIVES
PERFECTION ALTHOUGH
PERFECTION IS fJOT y\
LITTLE THIJ1Q,20

Specimens of the Types of

Brevier Gothic No. io. Capitals, 20.

THEF^E ARE TWO TJ-IINQS /rBOUT WHICJ-I YOU
SHOUIoD J^EVEI^ GRUJVIBbE: THE fIRST IS,
TH/cT WHICJH YOU CANNOT JHELP, AND THE
OTjHER, TH/cT WJHI6H YOU 6AN J-IEbP.

Long-primer Gothic No. io. Capitals, 24.

THE fIRST Sl>$ JMOTES OF JVIUSie A^JE
SAID TO JHAVE BEEN INVENTED BY
GUY /cRETINO, jK BENEDI6TINE JVIONK
OF /cREZZO, IT/cLY, ABOUT 1025.

Pica Gothic No. io. Capitals, 29.

OloD ENGLISH OR BI0A6K
IdETTER IS REAL>bY j* fLEMISH

fORM OF WRITING,

WITH SOME JMORMAN @RA©ES.

Two-line-brevier Gothic No. io. Capitals, 36.

TJHE MOST /cNSIENT
JVISS. ARE WRITTEN WITH-
OUT ACCENTS, jfcND
WITJHOUT SPA6ES.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

21

Great-primer Gothic No. io. Capitals, 43.

" ENGUISH JVIER6URIE,"
FOF^ THE fRE-
VENTIOjM OF fAL>SE
REPORTS. 1588.

Double-small-pica Gothic No. 10. Capitals, 51.

ACCENTS WERE
fIRST USEE) IJM
THE f^EIGN OF

LOUIS XIII.

Double-english Gothic No. 10. Capitals, 67.

J. GUTEJMBEI^S
BORN 1399.22

Specimens of the Types of

Brevier Glyptic No. 2. Capitals, 17.

C0WPER TO UNWIJSL

NICH©Ii& I H7*YE HEHRD, IJ3 THE ]HejgiF LEANED
PRINTER @F THE P^EgENT DflY. HE PRIJW3
THE GENTIiEMHN'P MHSH2INE, HND HELP Ug IP
THE ©THERg gHSKILiD DECLINE.

cowper to unwin, before the publication of " the ta8k."

Long-primer Glyptic No. 2. Capitals, 19.

TT 13 THE FIF^T DUTY ©P ft PRINTER JJ0T T0

I ftJi^Wm THE INDISCREET ^UEgTI©NS 0P

TH03E WH© Wlgp T0 K]S[0W THE NAMES ©P
HUTH0RS ©R NUMBER 0P C0PIEf3 PRINTED.

Crapelet.

Pica Glyptic No. 2. Capitals, 23.

IN THE $HIPWF(ECK @P TOTE,
TOPIiE^ PIi®^ HND HRE PRESERVED,
WHIIiB THINGS M®^E YfllityiBIiE
^INK T0 THE B0TT0M, HND

^E	PQ^EYE^. JuNlus.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	23

Two-line-brevier Glyptic No. 2. Capitals, 28.

UNQHE^TONTIBLiY !
IS THERE n W0RD IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHICH C@N-
T7IINS Hkh THE Y0WELS?

Two-line-long-primer Glyptic No. 2. Capitals, 34.

gTBRE©rPYPE PRINTING
WgUCOE^PULLY
PR7KM0ED BY
E^RLi pTTiPifiSPE, "fl. D. ]8>0J.

Two-line-pica Glyptic No. 2. Capitals, 40.

PII^T ^QND^Y P^PEI^:

4" ^QNDTIY

PUBLIgfffiD IN

D0ND0N, IN W-24

Specimens of the Types of

Brevier Glyptic No. i. Capitals, 13.

dl^ydejv ¥0 ¥0]5j50]v[.

I expect f0]^¥y p0hjvidjs i]vt g00d jsilyei?; ]s0¥ jsacfl £js
i ji£d e0^jie^l£¥. i n0t obliged ¥0 ¥jflke g0ld;
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¥we]s¥¥ p0o^ ?if¥e^ i¥ ijs due.**

tonson had previously quarreled with dryden for having to
pay fifty guinea8 for a poem contracted for at forty.

Long-primer Glyptic No. i. Capitals, 14.

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J\m generally jspe^kim, ^pe dipfck cpto-

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ruskin.

Pica Glyptic No. i. Capitals, 17.

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WW	CR4PElET.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	25

Great-primer Glyptic No. i. Capitals, 21.

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TI0P TPE B00K Ig piMi WPE

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Double-pica Glyptic No. i. Capitals, 28.

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BIBLE, B0UjND

BY	n Fweag

B00KBINDE^, I^FED
IN >TO J9TP CEPHI^Y
/Fl- 500 (ini^E/IS.26

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Great-primer Ceremonial. Lower-case, 17.

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Isaiah Thomas, Massachusetts Spy, Nov. 16, 1780.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	27

Great-primer Parisian. Lower-case, 14.

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English Pen Text. Lower-case, 14^.

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ca^ytic^a/teh a-S^oah 6et>c^al ^ea^tveh ^cwbo,
aij^vic^ "Se^ibe^ t&at it <vnafa&$ ou/c$ to &e ^ejecteh
atvb bi^o^o*^ ow 44-atio^, £k> bono it w> ^ittfe
bet^i-mei4^ to l&a>x<vivn<% avih to t^ve tfcea<yM/&e o|
t^ve /nation ii4^ pvopoztion.	cau-^e o| t^vkv

i& p^ii/vcipa£f4^ t^ve statio^e/^ h^i/oWt^ a£>
cwb c^u<el a 6a^<jaw wit^v tPve p^i/H/te^- a^y £ve
ccm, cw& tPve p^vvvte/t- ta&vn^ i^p atti^ ivwa^em
itt tfve toi4^i^e^ to &e t^ve i<i$$ iow/c; cm eacaofcwe&y
in this 44-0 vua/i/p impo^titi'^ tPve ;>tipu^ati<m,
wPvioPv weaido et^ot^ repeat cmb 'ma^ipCi^ iyp

<ZAXi/ZAfl ebitioi^.

Evelyn'8 Mem. and Corresp., II., 173, quoted in
Dunlop'8 History of Roman Lit., II., App. 19.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

29

Great-primer Pen Text. Lower-case, i6j^.

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o| -tlW jtao't <z^ecfc> o|	vi>cfc> •to tnalic

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CJ<paccb-,	-&€414<J	44>I4>IWM-

-t^eao^ o| -t-fVe conpmon -people-." u
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u 4-ve-tve ena-Meb -to <p?xx>m>e o^oo-Pto, -tiW -pt-i-be
o| §ktAA%<K/v<x<Aj kooh cm almi^ cot-w^e, AAX-
ivoi4444clv -tfaci/t at owe -time it -vua^ ^ee44i^b
^e^o^o/to*^ -to a fpo&fWncw i| IVc <xmt& -^eab
-vuti-te. ^t)€44. cvc^votcvtA t^Wm<>elA)e6 co-m-
ptct-i-vteb -tfW-t -fcfW- -t>e/p-w/tct/tkH4 o| <£^-0^14444^,
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-to aM •xwew. ^wn i-R	icj4-to~

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-to -&«■ a 441^-^ o| £^-tii4otio4t -Si^- -vu^iiofv
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0^1x3444-, -tlWvt -frtj- ev-K>ecvt o| -fWv ^-to-m.1'

Quoted in Marsh's Lectures on the English Language.30 Specimens of the Types of

Double-small-pica Pen Text. Lower-case, 21.

^^owi4 ^piotoz i<^no-
•fcao] a&ouk <& piol>w/£e %nj cHicfe
u 0-ui^e a- -poew! ^)-k>-
-p&eciow^ Me^e-b,

a/Hx)	!" 3°^

•bcrn- J014^	-a picture

g||<. ^oSii4^Km -k>- cki- cp -re-b -k>
a a^- c$. cB. favi<ypmj: u6Wbi^1
Inm^ i/fc, wai4, £IW iv&cm>w^ a-
^>(W co£cy&	com-

po^i^ioi4 ibiokic, <AA\h bfW

a/IWi4x>!" Wf{mi|Sk3i4m: "SPs
all i/uot-IW o| ^ve lt4<^IW>^ <^144444-
IWue |a44^t^ o|	•be<>c^ip't:io44!"

2<m^>O44 ^041^: "cH^a/oe £jWi^? jp'-m
c^iab jtaafc i-fc, £lWi4, |or
CP C^KX44^e |<>£ 1^CM4, oK> 4444344 ! "Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

3i

Double-english Pen Text. Lower-case, 28^.

I|oc!VQs 014/

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WWftAfo q)Q)OUM&	itl/

014/

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cmi	aba-pfah. el|

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i& ^ct^buyvuxhtij
t haw l~f vci/t vuPvic/fV lo
bioi4/loUoll^ !4/14C<M4^fl/.

Locke, 1704.32	Specimens of the Types of

Double-paragon Pen Text. Lower-case, $1%.

t -uy too oitc44- 'pvitrv
tPuzc?3iMe& o| g^toon^!
cuy wjitfiv khz painted
^ticttvc&y e^ctw&iteb

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]\%& a$eCkyk>-: -NW

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vitiw& to WV&
IIMW \%V& 0444444^1
is- ^oiivv& to &e.

D'Israeli.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

33

Long-primer Geometric. Capitals, 20; Lower-case, 14.

THE. FRENCH TEN CDMMMDMENTS
FDR THE PRESS,

B^*HEN Louis Napnlenn was striving, in the
Vx latter days of th.E empire, to keep the
liberty of thE press -under mure rigid laws, thE
following capital epigram appeared in Paris i

LES C □ MMIND E ME NT S EE LR PRESSE,

1,	En te fondant tu verseras
Un trfes gros cautionnement,

2,	Les droits du timbre tu pairas
An fisc quotidiennement,

3,	Jamais tu ne censurEras
Les actes du gouvernement,

4,	Les nhambres tu respecteras
Et les ministres memement,

5,	De nul citoyEn ns diras

Hn mot sans son consEntEmEnt,

B. Compte rendu ne publisras
ParallfelE ni autrEmEnt,

7, En y manquant tu subiras
L'amEnds Et 1'EmprisonnEmEnt,

B, Chaque amende tu manger a
Le tiErs du cautiannement,

3, Des droits d'ElECteur tu sera
Depass£de par supplement.

ID, Le tribunal te suspendra

Pour siz mois pr avis air emEnt |
Et mime il ts supprimera,

S'il VEUt, d^finitivEmEnt,

Sauf ces r^sErvEs, tu pourras
EcrirE Et parlsr librEmEnt,34

Specimens of the Types of

Pica Mural. Capitals, 18^.

Read not to contradict to

confute, but to consider. >«•

Great-primer Mural. Capitals, 26

SOME BOOKS ARE TO BE
<4 TASTED ;t»
OTHERS SWALLOWED.

Double-pica Mural. Capitals, 38.

SOME BOOKS TO BE
«< DIGE8TED>

Double-great-primer Mural. Capitals, 51.

FRAN'S BACONTheo. L. De Vinne & Co.	35

Two-line-long-primer ^Esthetic. Capitals, 37; Small capitals, 27.

• STANDING ON teRECDONY*

♦ is one Extreme ; #

*• 'TRAMPLING ON IT ANOTHER. «♦

Two-line-pica Esthetic. Capitals, 45; Small capitals, 35.

« Heading »

IflKDTH A EULL JSAri.*

m SSkiting m

AKDTH AN Hx/ICT /RAN.

Two-line-English ^Esthetic. Capitals, 51; Small capitals, 41.

*J&ARC0 fOLO *

Hied in theTe/ir 1324.36	Specimens of the Types of

Double-small-pica Templar. Capitals, 27; Lower-case, 20.

goop jip

niljo do ijot Instruct

Blows or ^buse.-<-

Double-english Templar. Capitals, 37; Lower-case, 24^.

+TPY DEHOTD*
I^eitl^er Food nor Images.
You Visit Tlienj, and
Tfyey are Jllert.

Double-paragon Templar. Capitals, 50; Lower, 33^.

WW Tpify

Tljey will ijot ^ide,
^or Gonjplaii^

Richard de Bury.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

37

Long-primer Minster. Capitals, 18; Lower-case, 9.

sill mm itiii mmm iiii.

f|llg reason of the extreme rarity of the bookA printed by the
early l|ngliAh printer^ 16 that, being very amusing, they -Were
uAed up,—thumbed out of existence, |§uch were ||axton'A J|ook
of the ff|rder of ghyvalry; hiA Jpnight of the ffoure; the Ijjhjrour
of the Hforld; and the golden jgegende ; fjocke JtoelTA Hote, by
jle |porde; hiA jpalendar of fghepeherdeA, and Auch like. f|f any
one feelA an interest in the proceAA of exhau6tion, by Which Auch
treaAureA were reduced to rarity, he may eaAily witneAA it in the
debriA of a circulating library; and perhapA he -will find the phe-
nomenon in Atill more diAtinct operation at any book-Atall where
lie heapA of Achool-bookA, odd YolumeA of novelA, and a choice of
ipattA'A jlymnA and pilgrim ||rogreAAeA.

John Hill Burton.

Pica Minster. Capitals, 21; Lower-case, 11.

llllllltllSfi HHMl HIW llllfillillS-

to^irers, like printers, have a Sort of instinct,
<q§I sharpened by training and practice, the power and
acuteness of -Which astonish the tinlearned. "Reading
•with the fingers," as ||asnage said of ||aylc—turning the
pages rapidly over and alighting on the exact spot -where
the thing wanted is to be found—is far from a Super-
ficial faculty, ad 6ome deem it to be,—it is the strongest
test of active scholarship, ft -was -what enabled Jfayle
to collect so many flo-wers of literature, all so interesting
and yet all found in comers so distant and obscure.

The Book Hunter.38	Specimens of the Types of

Pica Ringlet. Capitals, 23; Lower-case, 17.

BRHSI5FI0^ I^0HS5PRT a?e geRepally
ipidi©afeed as well as ©Iaimed by fehe fipste
ppiRbepg. ®i all bhese ppiflbepg fe^e m©Sfe b©aSb-
ful is SexteuS Russingep, bragged ©§ ppiRb-
iRg a " SaulbleSS b@©l^," bhab did R©b <§©Hbaifl a
S®libapy gpp®p. §e ppiflbed bhis b@©^ ab Naples
iR 1472, aRd Gl®sed ib with bhis iasapipbi®^:

" Sexbus bhe G®pies ppiRbed wibh mu<ah ©ape,
^©w bwiae pevised by ©p. Slivepe;
jp^e happy pupdhasep iR vaiR gfyall 1©®^,
Yeb fi^d ^® ©pp®p bhis faulbless b@©l^."

Three-line-nonpareil Ringlet. Capitals, 32; Lower-case, 25.

PIUS II. WR0SFB K IiETOBR fe®
Mah©mel i?i 14©2, whiofy was
ppinlied in 1488 at G©i?venfe ©§
WeidenbaGfy sphis lefefeep n^es
l©8 41© pages. IU <i©ntiains bufe

IFMRBE Pfi-RASRpFES.
Bp. Madde^ SafS this b©@^ is fehe
w©p^ ©§ n©wes in feYp©gpaphY.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	39

Two-line-pica Ringlet. Capitals, 43; Lower-case, 32.

¥§E RHFj>r(Z LiE¥¥ER,
used bf ea^Y Wpiteps ©f

EMRSI'B,
has Ieffe n© fepaGGS M©d-
ePH piphabefes.

Three-line-pica Ringlet. Capitals, 63; Lower-case, 48.

RBEB^ wepe in
use bef©Fe Quills;

gaiuus amE

witeh Fapep.40	Specimens of the Types of

Nonpareil Lining Gothic, No. i. Capitals, 7.

Happily for us, the utility and interest of historic researches do not depend on the exactness of

their result8. all examination is profitable, because all error is misfortune, even that which con-
sists only in declaring as evident the opinion that was only plausible. it is the inclination to
think too highly of our acquisitions that engenders vain pretenses, long quarrels, intolerance, and discord.
it may be admitted that there are matters about which doubt is nothing more than ignorance and obstinacy ;
but the doubt explained is also true knowledge. it seems to me, at least, that the sceptici8m that certain
historic discoveries have provoked is not the least pleasant nor the least healthy state of mind that the
human 8pirit acquire8.	DAUNAU.

Nonpareil Lining Gothic, No. 2. Capitals, 8.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF MAY 23d, 1733.

AN AWAY ON THE 17TH OF THI8 INSTANT MAY, FROM THE PRINTER HEREOF, AN APPRENTICE LAD,
NAMED JAMES PARKER, BY TRADE A PRINTER, AGED ABOUT 19 YEARS; HE IS OF A FRESH COMPLECTION,
WITH SHORT YELLOWISH HAIR, HAVING ON A YELLOWI8H BENGALL COAT, JACKET AND BREECHES LINED
WITH THE SAME, AND HAS TAKEN WITH HIM A BROWN COLOUR'D COARSE COAT, WITH FLAT METTAL BUT-
TONS, two FROCKS, two SHIRTS, one PAIR OF STRIP'D TICKEN JACKET AND BREECHES. WHOEVER TAKE8 UP
AND 8ECURES THE SAID APPRENTICE, 80 THAT HI8 SAID MASTER MAY HAVE HIM AGAIN, SHALL HAVE TWENTY
8HILLING8 AS A REWARD, AND ALL REASONABLE CHARGE8 PAID BY WILLIAM BRADFORD.

Nonpareil Lining Gothic, No. 3. Capitals, 11.

glBDIN WARMED HIS CONVIVIAL GUESTS AT A COMFORTABLE FIRE, FED BY THE
WOOD-CUTS FROM WHICH HAD BEEN PRINTED THE IMPRESSION OF THE
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON. IT WAS A QUAINT FANCY, AND DEEMED TO BE
A PRETTY AND APPROPRIATE FORM OF HOSPITALITY, WHILE IT EFFECTUALLY
ASSURED THE SUBSCRIBERS TO HIS COSTLY VOLUMES THAT THE VULGAR
WORLD WHO BUY CHEAP BOOKS WAS DEFINITELY CUT OFF FROM PARTICIPATING
IN THEIR PRIVILEGES.

Nonpareil Lining Gothic, No. 4. Capitals, 15.

^»EAUTIFUL ART CAN ONLY BE PRODUCED BY PEOPLE WHO
|p HAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THEM, AND LEISURE
TO LOOK AT THEM; AND UNLESS YOU PROVIDE SOME ELE-
MENT OF BEAUTY FOR YOUR WORKMEN TO BE SURROUNDED
BY, YOU WILL FIND THAT NO ELEMENTS OF BEAUTY CAN BE
INVENTED BY THEM.	RUSKIN.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

4i

Nonpareil Gothic Italic. Capitals, 9; Lower-case, 6.

THE POET'S MISERIES.

Ah I here it is! I'm famous now,

An author and a poet!

It really is in print! Ye Gods!

How proud I'll be to show it I
And gentle Annie I What a thrill

Will animate her breast,

To read these ardent lines and know
To whom they are addressed.

Why, bless my soul! here's something strange,

What can the paper mean
By talking of the "graceful brooks

That gander o'er the green " ?

And here's a t instead of r,

Which makes it "tippling rill";

"We'll seek the shad" instead of shade,
And "hell" instead of hill.

" Thy looks so "—what?—/ recollect;

'Twas "sweet," and then 'twas "kind,"
And now to think the stupid foot—
For "bland" has printed "blind."

Was ever such provoking work ?

'Tis curious, by the by,

How anything is rendered blind
By giving it an I.

" Hast thou no tears ? " the t's left out,

" Hast thou no ears ? " instead.

" i hope that thou art dear" is put

" / hope that thou art dead."

Who ever saw in such a space
So many blunders crammed ?

" Those gentle eyes bedimmed " is spelt
" Those gentle eyes bedammed

" The color of the rose " is "nose";

"Affection " is "affliction ";

/ wonder if the likeness holds
In fact as well as fiction ?

" Thou art a friend; " the r is gone;

Who ever would have dreamed
That such a trifling thing could change
A " friend " into a "fiend"?

" Thou art the same " is rendered " lame " ;

It really is too bad;

And here because an i's left out
"My lovely maid " is "mad."

They drove her blind by poking in

An /—a process new;

And now they've gouged it out again,
And made her crazy, too.

Brevier Gothic Italic. Capitals, 10; Lower-case, 8.
THE POET'S MISERIES.-(Continued.)

" IWhere are the Muses fled, that thou

Should'st live so long unsung? "
Thus ran my version — here it is —
"Shouldst live so long unhung."
" The fate of woman's love is thine,'

An h commences fate;

How small a circumstance will turn
A woman's love to hate!

Let's stop and recapitulate;

I've dammed her eyes, that's plain;
I've told her she's a lunatic,

And blind, and dead, and lame.
Was ever such a horrid hash

Of poetry or prose ?

I've said she was a fiend, and praised
The color of her nose.

I'll read no morel What shall / do?

I'll never dare to send it;
The paper's scattered far and wide,

'Tis now too late to mend it.
Oh, Fame / thou cheat of human bliss /

Why did I ever write ?

/ wish my poem had been burned
Before it saw the light I
6

/ wish / had that printer here,

About a half a minute,

I'd bang him to his heart's content,

And with an h begin it.

I'd jam his body, eyes, and nose,

And spell it with a d,

And send him to that "hill" of his
That he spelled with an e.42	Specimens of the Types of

Two-line-pica Card Gothic. Capitals, 20; Lower-case, 12.

0t tbe end of a bsiturcjy printed in f\)e
of <Kjnc| James L of England.

hb	m	\)e advice

of (, is most dere Idncle, \\)e blorc!
P rotector, and otfjer, Ipis Hicilpness
Sounsaill, straic|l?tly cf?arc|etlp and
common dett} tlpat Ho FR> anner of
Persone sell tl?e P resent 3 001^,

Unbound, above tl?e price of ^wo ^Ipillyncj
and ^wo P ence, and tip e same ©ound
P aste or'0ordes, in 3alves bleaker, not ab
i\)e price of Pour ^l^illyncjes tlpe piece.
Gjod save tl?e /Kyn£) I

es

e in

oveTheo. Z. De Vinne & Co.	43





Double-pica Harper. Capitals, 29; Lower-case, 18.

fn jqaieRieeiyM .pugMg^

'Hlg to infopm my Ppiend^
and Cu^tomer®^ tt?at, °n
Jatupday next, tt?© /N©w^pap©p will

k© ^o]d fop a «penny, and to k>e
continued at t^t ppi0-©; tut jRd-
vepti^ment^ will ^till k© ta^en

^paii^, a^ fopm©ply. l)^© p©§^on of
my Ri^in^ it to a Penny i^, k>e©aa$e
tl?© /Mumkep I ppint i^ too ppodi-
fi°u$jy Gp©at to k© ^iven aw§^ any

lon^ep; and I ^ope Hon© of
Ci^tomep^ will t^inl^ it d©ap at a
penny, ^in^e tl^ey ^all [7&V© t^© ke^t
Intelligent©, k^id©^ Ot^p Piv©p$i°n^

The Norwich Gazette, 1721.44

Specimens of the Types of

Great-primer Century. Capitals, 22.

-TWO VyMED in ONE BOUSE,-

*	TWO CFTTES & ODE MOVCE. *

•	TWO DOGGES JII2D ONE BONE •

- njiy never. jirroi^D in ode.-

Old Book.

Double-pica Century. Capitals, 31.

ETCHING IS Tin IDDOIsEDT

- M BMDBERING -
MET60D JIT THE BEST.

Double-great-primer Century. Capitals, 42.

-THERE'S NO-
• REPEniTfflCE ID •
* EDGR/IVING.*

RU8KIN.45

Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

Two-line-pica Fresco. Capitals, 40; Small capitals, 32.

Three-line-pica Fresco. Capitals, 56; Small capitals, 42.

Four-line-pica Fresco. Capitals, 76; Small capitals, 62.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

45

Two-line-pica Fresco. Capitals, 40; Small capitals, 32.

|i|iif m will?

Three-line-pica Fresco. Capitals, 56; Small capitals, 42.



Four-line-pica Fresco. Capitals, 76; Small capitals, 62.46

Specimens of the Types of

Nonpareil Cabalistic. Capitals, 9%.

56 CBGOflY OF PHIHTinG SHOULD DOC BG UHKnOUm €0 T50$6 IB^O 122AK6
ERGQUGDC U$6 OF BOOKS. IC 1$ mu<£5 TO BG IDI$5GD C^AT 122612 OF
LG€TGH$ UJGKG QUALIFIGD TO <£IU€I<£I$S II2tGLLIG6I2TLY t^G I226<Z]5Am<£AL F6A-
TUflG$ OF PHintGD UJOHK. IF CBGY KI260J I220K6 OF T^G DU€I6$ OF PKII2€6K$,
056Y mOULD DOC $0 FflGGLY (£6R$UR6 T56122 FOR IG120KAI2(£G ADD BSD TA$TG.

P. S. Fournier, Manuel Typographique.

Brevier Cabalistic. Capitals, 12.

Tbg <£onvgr?acion inmim on a daibg of some rgpucg,

cbg rgmaw 1$ yghcurgd tbac bg 1$ " $aid co ki200j
^omgtbing abouc books,'' idbi?b brihg? fortb tbg fatal
an^ojgr: "§g ki20u5 about b00k?1 oocbihg!—hotbihg ac
all, i a$$urg you; ufllg$$, pgrbap$, abouc cbgir in?idg$.''

Long-primer Cabalistic. Capitals, 14^-

Pkincmg eas almost losc its priiditiyg
name; ujg <jall it trg prgss. uj^en cee
name is tost, tm tridg itself is dgshly lost.
printidg is an arc; trg prgss is ti)6 cradg.

Crapelet.

Pica Cabalistic. Capitals, 18.

mgd i22ay fyi2dg in old booky&
ojro $0 trgrgid looky$,

a<ftg$ ojorcry of mcmo^y,

full of k1200jlgdgg add 122y$€gry.

La Fontaine de toutes Sciences, i486.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	47

Great-primer Cabalistic. Capitals, 25.

CBG Geneva pRinceR?

USGD GXGIJRABLG PAPER, ADD

«PRinC6D BOOKS, BADLY a-
R6AD, FROffi FAULTY COPIGS.

A. Cheviluer.

Double-pica Cabalistic. Capitals, 35.

CI>G BOOKS PKinCGD in
+ITALY AW FULL OF*
ABOmiDABLG GRR0H$.

Double-great-primer Cabalistic. Capitals, 49.

FIRST GRRATA
MU JUVGDAL^
AC VGOKZG, 1478.48

Specimens of the Types of

Pica Hair Line Shaded. Capitals, 14y2\ Lower-case, 11.

BOOKS WHICH ARE NO BOOKS.

TN this catalogue of books which are no books—biblia
-L a biblia—I reckon court calendars, directories, pocket-
books, draught-boards bound and lettered on the back,
scientific treatises, almanacs, statutes at large; the works
of Hume, Gibbon, Robertson, Beattie, Soame Jenyns, and
generally all those volumes which no gentleman's library
should be without; the histories of Flavius Josephus
(that learned Jew) and Paley's ' Moral Philosophy.' With
these exceptions, I can read almost anything. I bless my
stars for a taste so catholic, so unexcluding. I confess
that it moves my spleen to see these things in books'
clothing perched upon shelves, like false saints, usurpers
of true shrines,- intruders into the sanctuary, thrusting
out the legitimate occupants. To reach down a well-
bound semblance of a volume, and hope it is some kind-
hearted play-book, then opening what seem its leaves,
to come bolt upon a withering population essay. To
expect a Steele, or a Farquhar, and find—Adam Smith.
To view a well-arranged assortment of block-headed
encyclopaedias (Anglicanas or Metropolitanas) set out in
an array of russia or morocco, when a tithe of that
good leather would comfortably re-clothe my shivering
folios, would renovate Paracelsus himself, and enable old
Raymund Lully to look like himself again in the world.
I never see these impostors but I long to strip them, to
warm my ragged veterans in their spoils.

Charles Lamb.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

49

Two-line-bourgeois Ornamented No. 1074. Capitals, 18^.

Two-line-pica Ornamented No. 1074. Capitals, 26.

Two-line-great-primer Ornamented No. 1074. Capitals, 35^.

Four-line-pica Ornamented No. 1074. Capitals, 49^.

75°

Specimens of the Types of

Two-line-pica Ornamented No. 1555. Caps. 25; Sm. Caps. 15yz.

HfaRi

. w , ([>

Ml

E EUQITE OB PRETItl^:
DITTEB PfiliPERQllE 1TENITE
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itenditur here bretti.

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Introduction to the Gorpub 9urib (jAnonici,

3 TOM. ft. D. 1§00.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

5i

Three-line-pica Ornamented No. 1555. Caps. 42; Sm. Caps. 28^.

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ln"5i£ fifillobiblon.52

Specimens of the Types of

Great-primer Card Gothic. Caps. 22^; Sm. Caps. 19; Lower-case, 11.

0bsB BdRB4R§$ 0RB RRW.
Phe Bible in Pequqt. Translated

by j0hn bli0t, 6ambridge, 1663.
0s bes6ribed in the frenzies
6atal00ue.

Rewly Bound by PRr. Rrancis Bedford-vig.:

"0live Levant cjros-prained PRorocco; Elegantly 0rna-
mented Bacl| and Bouble Panelled ^ides; Biamond
6enter and Biamond 6orners in ricf? Harleian ^tyle;

oints inside l^icl?ly Hand-Pooled, and Crimson ^ill^
fclininps against FRarble Paper Pacings; Bouble ^ill^-
Head-Bands, inclosed in a ^olander ®ase, of Blue
Bncilisf? FRorocco, full cjilt and lettered bacf^, bsined
witl? Wl?ite Velvet.

Joljn I^atcliff, Binder of tj?e bool^ in 1663 , was
paid two slpillincis and sixpence per copy "for Binding
and 8laspin^. He complained, wanting tl?ree sfjillinps
and fourpence, or tl?ree s^illinps and sixpence per bool^;
0ne Bible beincj as mucl? as \)& could complete in one
day, and find tl?e materials.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	53

Elzevir Italic. Body 6. Capitals, ioj£.

DtAU^IEL ELZEVIR TO C^ICHOLtAS HEItXSIUS:
I AM ^ASTONISHED THAT YOU HAVE FOUND SO (MANY FAULTS IN THE
VELLEJUS, FOR THE 'PROOFS HAVE "BEEN T^EAD *BY THREE CORRECTORS,
tAND ^AFTERWARD <BY YOU YOURSELF. IF, .AFTER THIS, WE CANNOT SUC-
CEED I&C TRICK.THKG CORRECTLY, IT IS TIME TO T^EC^OUO^CE THE tART.

Elzevir Italic. Body 8. Capitals, 12%.

G%OtKOVIUS TO HEI(KSIUS :

I T>0 WISH THAT (MY LIVY HAD 'BEEN "PUBLISHED IN
ANOTHER FORM. I HEAR COMPLAINTS <ABOUT IT FROM
GERMANY, AND EVEN FROM THE (MOUTH OF TRINCE.
CAN YOU V^OT (MAKE THE ELZEVIRS LISTEN TO TREASON?
THEY ARE HEADSTRONG, (MADE SO BY THEIR GREEDINESS.

Elzevir Italic. Body 10. Capitals, 15.

HEIU^SIUS TO G%03^0VIUS:

THE 'BROTHERS TDUPUY WISH THAT YOUR LI FY
HAD 'BEEN PRINTED IN LARGER FORM. THE
PETTY TYPES OF THIS 'BOOK GIVE GREAT 'DIS-
PLEASURE TO THE SCHOLARS OF THEIR CITY.

Elzevir Italic. Body 12. Capitals, 19^.

I CARE NOTHING FOR THE WHITE
ELZEVIR TAPER, &(OR THE 'BEAUTIFUL
IMPRESSION. I SEE ONLY Jl TETTY TYPE
ON VyiGGARDL Y TAGE. LE FEV%E.

Elzevir Italic. Body 14. Capitals, 21%.

IT CAN HE TRULY AFFIRMED THAT
LOUIS ELZEVIR <DID &{0 ^PRINTING
IVITH HIS OWN HANDS.54 Specimens of the Types of

Elzevir Italic. Body 14. Capitals, 21^; Lower-case, 13^.

MENAGE TO "DANIEL ELZEVIR.

Oh ye gods and goddesses! what do I see?

c"My verses reproduced by the Elzevir types!

Oh types elegant and exquisite! Oh gracious

and charming volume! The little types are as

black as pitch; the paper is as white as snow.
¥t * * *

So gaily attired, the books attract and retain
the reader in Spite of himself The types give
charms to my verses which they never had before :
like the bride to whom a skillful hair-dresser
gives the graces that a jealous fate has denied-
'But thou, Elzevir, my sweet ennobler! thou,
the father of types of incomparable elegance,
thou, I say it again, most amiable of friends!
what can I offer thee in return for thy gift?
How can I acquit myself of this debt? (May
men of letters be continually seeking and gather-
ing thy bewitching books! 0Way crowds of
buyers be steadily pressing forward to thy store!
IMay the name of Elzevir, transmitted from
age to age by the songs of poets, fill the great
globe, and fill the heavens. [May'st thou van-
quish Turnebus and Vascosan; surpass the
Stephens and the oAlduses.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

55

Elzevir Italic. Body 12. Capitals, 19X; Lower-case, 12.

MEOizAGE TO TkA^IEL ELZEVI%

Ecquidnam video ? O Dei Deceque!
U^ostros scilicet Elqevirianis
Excusos video typis libellos.

O typos nitidos & elegantes!

O comptum & lepidum novum volumen!
zAtro literulm picem cobre,

Et candore nives papyrus cequat.

Codex sindone non quotidiana,

Et membrana nitet novo umbilico.

Fulget pagina cuncta purpurisso,

Et sunt omnia pumice expolita.
Tam comptum & lepidum novum volumen
Invitos trabit & tenet legentes;

Et, quas non babuere, dant habere
Typi versiculis amcenitates.

Sic nuptce, invida Fata quos negarunt,
Ornatrix tribuit novos lepores.

At, 6 dulce decus meum, Elqeviri,
Prcestantissime quot fuere, quot sunt,
Typorum pater elegantiorum,

Ecquid, die mibi, die, venuste noster,

Hoc pro munere, muneris reponam ?

Quas possum tibi gratias referre ?

Sic semper lepidos tuos libellos
Facundus probet & requirat orbis.

Sic vestras adeat frequens tabernas
Emptor, sic decus El^evirianum,

Doctorum volitans per ora vatum,

Terras impleat, impleatque caelum.

Turnebos simul atque Vascosanos,

Et vincas Stephanos, (Manutiosque.56

Specimens of the Types of

Elzevir Italic. Body 10. Capitals, 15; Lower-case, 10^.

TO THE MESSIEU%S ELZEVI%

Messieurs:

I am indebted to you, and more so, perhaps, than you
imagine. The honor of oman citizenship is even less than
the benefit you have conferred on me. For what do you
think was this honor in comparison with that of being placed
in the ranks with your authors? It is to rank with the
consuls and senators of %ome; it is to be made fellow with
the Sallusts and Ciceros! What glory it is to rightfully
say, I am a member of this immortal republic; I have been
received in the society of the demi-gods ! Practically, we live
together at Ley den under the same roof Thanhs to your
kindness, I am sometimes facing Pliny, sometimes by the side
of Seneca; at other times I am placed above Tacitus or Livy.
eAlthough I have but a small place there, it is as good as any:
/ do not leave it but to be at my ease, and to please myself
in this delightful company. To say the least, all of me is
there, however small the place I occupy. Homer, our
patriarch, has been much more crowded than I am: he who
lodged him in a shell was a more penurious manager than
you have been of the accommodation you provided. Whether
your art is shown in large or in small books, it is always
to your credit as an artisan. There are workmen who
have won fame by making pyramids and colossal figures.
cAnd there are others who are celebrated for their rings and
seals. Ttoes not history speak with esteem of a four-horse
chariot which a fly could cover with its zvings ? lAs this is
well known—as perfection in workmanship is most frequently
conceded to the skillful handling of materials, and not to
their prodigal use—I have no right to complain that you have
put me in a small volume. ^Although I am not published in
folio, I am none the less, gentlemen,

Your very humble and obliged servant,

T^zA LZcA C,Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

57

Elzevir Two-line. Body 10. Capitals, 19.

HANSARD,

WRITING IN 1824, SAYS THAT THE BOOK
PRINTING OF THE PRESENT DAY

Elzevir Two-line. Body 12. Capitals, 21.

IS DISGRACED
BY A MIXTURE OF FAT, LEAN, AND
HETEROGENEOUS TYPES,

Elzevir Two-line. Body 14. Capitals, 25.

WHICH,TO THE EYE OF TASTE,
IS TRULY DISGUSTING.58 Specimens of the Types of

Elzevir Two-line. Body 16. Capitals, 29^.

A GREATER IMPROVEMENT
HAS TAKEN PLACE

Elzevir Two-line. Body 20. Capitals, 39.

IN THE PRINTING
OF HANDBILLS THAN
OF BOOKS.

Elzevir Two-line. Body 24. Capitals, 46.

THE WORKS OF
ENGLISH

LITERATURETheo. L. De Vinne & Co.

59

Elzevir Two-line. Body 30. Capitals, 63^.

WHICH
DIGNIFIED
THE REIGN

Elzevir Two-line. Body 36. Capitals, 68^.

OF QUEEN
ANNE WERE

Elzevir Two-line. Body 42. Capitals, 83^.

SHOWN™
READERS6o	Specimens of the Types-of

Elzevir Two-line. Body 48. Capitals, 95.

BY THE

AGENCY

OF

Elzevir Two-line. Body 60. Capitals, 109.

DUTCH
TYPES.Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.	61

Great-primer Missal Capitals, with Old Style Condensed Lower-case.

?>00 manyV 0ltLII16S in the Hanguage.

ffloo many Sentences in a"Volume.
<§oo many Mords in a Sentence,
moo many Syllables in a GDCorcl.
©00 many Hetters in a Syllable,
moo many Strokes in a Hetter.
©oo much ©lack in a Stroke.

Two-line-small-pica Missal Capitals, with Old Style No. 15 Lower-case.

B^eCEVeOD.

<S>here C[axton sleeps,

tSJCith QDCynkyn at his jSide,
One clasped in (fiJlood,

<^Cnd One in strong C[owhide.

Pope.62

Theo. L. De Vinne & Co.

Two-line-english Missal Capitals,

with Double-english Old Style No. 15 Lower-case.

I jECs good almost kill
a (Dan as kill a (slood
JBooke; QDCho kills a
CDan, kills a reasonable
C(reature, (s»od's Image;
but he who destroys a
good ^Booke kills reason
itself. JEC good 33ooke is
the precious Hife 331ood
of a CDaster jSpirit, em-
balmed and treasured to
a IHfe beyond liife.

John Milton, Areopaqitica.This book is a preservation facsimile produced for
the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
It is made in compliance with copyright law
and produced on acid-free archival

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