quotations, 58n. Their various
names for types, 76, 77, 78, 80,
81, 82, 83.
Gothic, letter, why still used, 2.
Modern, introduced, 10. How
used in numerals, 44. Lan-
guages of the, 44. Invention
Antiquity of the, 260, 296. Au-
thors in support of do. 261. Mo-
dern alphabet, 263, 306. Anc. do.
297, 306. Points used in, 265, 304.
Accents do. 267. Remarks on the
language, 268. Form of books!
in, 270 n. Observations on the
types of, 271. Letter cases for,
272. Works on the language, 307.
Its connection with the Chinese,
362. Unconnected with the Sans-
krita, 387. Acc. of Hebrew ma-
nuscripts, 427. Various kinds of
writing in the, 428. Rules for
payment of composing in, 581.
Henley, Rev. S. his remarks on the
Dendera Zodiac, 324.
Herculaneum, acc. of, 429. Ma-
nuscripts discovered in, 430.
Works on, 431.
of the letter, 451. Acc. of the
Scriptures in, 452. Languages
springing from the, 453. Alphabet
of anc. and modern Gothic, 464.
Goths, historical acc. of, 448. Anc.
writing of the, 453.
Grammars, scale of prices for the
composition of, 583.
Grave accent, examples of, 36.
Greek, numerals, acc. of, 45. Acc.
of the dialects in, 275. Divisions
of the consonants, 277. Remarks
on casting the letter, 279, Mo-
dern alphabet, table of, 281. Re-Hieratic writing of Egypt, 339.
marks on the vowels, &c. 282,
286. Accents in, 283. Figures of
speech, 284. Remarks on the
cases for, 287 n. Plan of do. 288.
Table of ligatures in, 291. His-
tory of the ancient, 416. Pelas-
gian alphabets, 418. Ace, of the
Etruscans, 419. Their letters,
420, 421. Alphabet of Cadmus,
421. Increase of, ib. Ancient
alphabets, 422, 423. Anc. me-
thods of writing, 423. Materials
used for do. 424. Acc. of anc.
Manuscripts, 429. Peculiarities of
the letters in, 431. MS. copies of
the Scriptures in, 433. Rules for
payment of composing in, 581,583
Guillemet, M. inventor of inverted
commas, 58.
Haikian language, acc. of the, 408.
Handle of a Press, figure and de-
scription of, 511. Do. do, of the
Stanhope Press, 541. Do. do. of
the Albion Press, 556.
Hand Machines for Printing, ace.
of, 661.
Harvey, W. his splendid Wood-en-
graving of the Assassination of
Dentatus, 547. Acc. of printing
Head of a Press, figure and acc. of,
307. Bolts for do. do. 508, Di-
rections for fixing the, 518. Short
head of the Stanhope Press, figure
and acc. of the, 540. Long do.
do. 541.
Hebrew, (vide Chaldean) numerals
acc. of, 47. Form of Imposing an
8vo, sheet of Hebrew work, 12.
Hieroglyphical letters of the Chi-
nese, 363.
Hieroglyphics, invented by Thoor,
319. Origin of the word, 320
Materials for an acc. of them, ib.
Causes of their invention, 333.
Various classes of, & specimens,
334,336. Tropical Hieroglyphics,
335. Pure Do. 336. For titles,
&c. 340. For time, 342. For
numbers, 344. For sound, 334,
347. Tablet of, 349. Works on,
339, 346, 348, 352.
Honour, hieroglyphical sign for,
Horne, Rev. T. H. his account of
Hebrew manuscripts, 427. Do.
of Greek Biblical MSS. 431. Do.
of the Alexandrian MS. &c. 435,
436,
Hose of a press, figure & descrip-
tion of the, 510. Hooks to do.
ib.
Hundred & twenty-eights, form of
a printed sheet in, 46.
Hunter, Dr. H. his remarks on
punctuation, 56.
Hyphen or division, nature & use
of, 61.
Jackson, J. ace. of his Domesday
type, 248, 461. Specimens of Do.
258, 459.
Rev. J. his remarks on
the Egyptian years, &c. 341, 343.
Jalleson, M. his economical method
of type founding, 20 n.
Jerome, St. remarks on the He
brew letters, 261.
Jerusalem, starry prediction to, 299
Jews, their ancient materials for
writing, 426. Account of their
manuscripts, 427.
Illustrious, hieroglyphical sign for,
336,
scent of the, 473. Do. of their
language, 474. Remarks on their
ancient letters, 475. Alphabet of
the, ib. Modern letters of the,
476, Scriptures in the, 477.
Iron press makers, list of, 652.
Isis, legend of, 342, 413.
Italic letter, acc. & use of, 7. Bill
of for a Pica fount, 31. Direc-
tions for distributing of, 123.
Judaic alphabet, 305.
Illyria, country and languages of,
439.
Imposing sheets, (Vide sheets) di-
rections for, 144, 191, 194. Va-
rious forms for, 1, 191. Rules
for, in companionships, 492. Book
for companionships, 454. Regu-Jung-fer, a German type, 83.
lation concerning, 582.
Imprint, regulation concerning
the,Kerned letters, explanation of, 22.
Key-characters of China, specimens
of, 366. Table of, 368. Explana-
tions of, 371. Directions for
using, 381.
Inachus, Grecian colony founded
by, 416.
Index, rules for composing, 137.
Charge of do. 581.
India, alphabets of, 387.
Indo-chinese languages, notice of,
Job, illustration of a passage in,
424.
Job-book, form of a, 496. Use of,
487.
Jobs, compositors' rule for charg-
ing of, 582. Pressmens' prices
for, 687.
Johnson, J. his plan for letter-
cases, 108. improvements and
advantages of, 110.
Joiners, printers', list of, 652.
Jones, Sir W. his remarks on the
descent of the Chinese, 361. Do.
on the Persian language, 399.
Notices of the Persian poets, ib.
Ionic dialect of Greek described,
275.
Journeymen, different advances in
their wages, 577.
Ireland, various works illustrative
of, 447, 475, 478.
Irish, (Vide Oghams) historical de-
König, Mr. his inv. for Printing by
Steam, (59.
Kufic, ancient Arabian letters, 307.
Kurbeis, acc. of the dialect, 425.
Land, hieroglyphical sign for, 235.
Langles, M. his work on the Mant
chou language, 384.
Language of the Shepherds, 353.
Latin names, list of abbreviations
of, 210. Do. words, 212.
Laying of Cases, directions for, 118.
Lead, ane. used for writing on, 424.
Leads, table of combinations of,126.
Lee Priory, arrangement of the let-
ter-cases at, 109 n.
Letter-founders in London, list of,
652.
Letters, (Vide Alphabets, Cases,
Founders, Type), Roman, describ
ed, 2. Italic, acc. of, 7. Black or
Gothic, particulars of, 10. Fancy,
great variety of, ib. Different
sizes for printing, 11, 13. Regu-
lar-bodied, ib. Irregular-bodied,
12. Founders, their difficulties in
casting, 13. Great variations in,
15. Description of a fount of, 21.
Long and short letters, descrip-
tion of, ib. Ascending and de-
scending letters, description of,
22. Kerned letters, ib. Double
letters, 23. Ditto, when disused,
85 n. Weight of a fount, 28, 29.
Division of do. 32. Capital let-
ters, use of, ib. Small ditto, 33,
Accented do, distinctions of, 34.
Superior letters, 71. Two-line,
various bodies of, 73. Names &
relative bearings of, 75. Acc. &
specimens of various, 78. Rela-
tive proportions of various, 84.
Difference of bodies in ditto, 85.
Do. in depth, 86. Do. in width,
87, 88. Plans of Cases, for, 98.
Distributing of, directions for,
119. Sacred letters of the Egyp-
tians notice of, 319. Hierogly-
phical sign for, 335. Making up
of letter in companionships, rules
for, 493. Table of the price of
any number of, 584, +6. Various
changes in the shapes of, 646
Life, hieroglyphics used for, 340.
Ligatures in Greek, remarks on,
279, 290, 392n. Alphabetical ta
ble of, 291.
Links of the Albion Press, figure &
description of the, 556.
Long letters explained, 21. Do. ac-
cents, 39. Do. twelves, form of
imposing a sheet in, *18. Ditto,
twenty-fours, form of imposing a
half-sheet in, 38.
Lower-case sorts or characters, 21,
53.
Ludolph, J. his knowledge of the
Abyssinian, 353. Extract by from
the Abyssinian liturgy, 360.
Mc. Curtin, H. illustrations of the
Irish language from, 476, 477.
Machine, for Printing by Steam, 659
Hand ditto, 661.
Maiden letter, notice of, 83.
Main screw of the Stanhope press,
figure and account of the, 540.
Making up, rules for in companion-
ships, 493.
Malayu language, notice of, 385 n.
Mantchon language, notice of, 384.
Specimen of, 386.
Manuscripts, (Vide Copy) notice of
Egyptian, 348. Acc. of the He-
brew, 427. Do. of the Greek, 429.
Greck Biblical MSS. 430. Works
on, 433. Copies of the Greek
Scriptures, ib. Alexandrian, acc.
of, 435. Account of the Anglo
Saxon, 457.
Margins, remarks on, 197.
tions for making, 198.
Marshman, Dr. his observations on
the Chinese, 362.
Masoretic points explained, 265.
Mathematical characters explained,
Mauritanian, Vide Moorish lan-
guage.
Measures in printing, 125.
Mechir, acc. of the month, 342.
Medailles Perlées, alphabet on, 422.
Memnon, head of the young, de-
scribed, 325,
Memnonium palace, notice of, 326.
Inscriptions from, 350.
Mesore, account of the month, 343.
Metal, for type, composition of, 5.
Metal rules, nature & use of, 67.
Correcting in the, 221.
Miesrob, inventor of the Armenian
letters, 408. Translator of the
Armenian Scriptures, 410.
Miller, W. notice of his Ruby let-
ter, 76n.
Minion, account and specimen of
the type, 83.
Missal letter, 77.
Missionaries, anc. in Russia, 445.
Mittel letter, 79.
Moklah, Vizeer, notice of, 308 n.
Months, acc. of the Egyptian, 342.
Moorish language, 310. Letters of
the, 311. Works on the, ib.
Morning Work, of Compositors,
rule for charging, 582.
Morrison, Dr. R. various remarks
from on the Chinese, 363, 364,
370, 380, 385.
Mottos, rule for charging the com-
position of, 581.
Mouth-piece of the Albion Press, 6-
gure & description of the, 556.
Moxon, J. scale of letter, by, 15
Remarks on Small Pica, 16,"
Musical characters, explained, 24
Charge for composing in, 581.
Muttis, M. his acc. of the Alexan
drian MS. 435.
Names, list of Latin, abbreviated,
210. Rules for abridging, 212.
How written in Hieroglyphics,
337. Specimens of do. 338, 347.
Newspapers, regulations concern-
ing the composition of, 587. His-
torical notices concerning, 588.
List of printing offices of the, 651.
Nichao, King of Egypt, acc. of, 328.
Night-Work of Compositors, rule
for charging, 582.
Nile, hieroglyphical sign for the, 353
Ninety-sixes, forms for imposing
sheets in, 45.
Nonpareil, acc. & specimen of the
type, 83.
Norden, F. L. Egyptian statues
discovered by, 348. Acc. of do.
350. Hieroglyphics from, 349.
Norfolk, Duke of, extraordinary
presses belonging to, 499.
Notes, side and bottom, definition
of, and charges for their compo
sition, 581, 583. Pressmen
charges for, 586.
umeral letters, 40. Roman do. 41,,
Greek de. 45. Hebrew do. 47.
Syrian, 313. Egyptian, 344. Chi-
nese, 383. Sanskritan, 391. Per-
sian, 104. Armenian, 409. Coptic,
415."
belisk, vide Dagger.
etavo, forms for imposing sheets
in, 8, 191.
rules for making margin
Tables of signatures and
folios in, 204, 205. Pressmen's
prices for, 585.
tables for the price of pages
gham characters, origin of the,
478. Various kinds of described,
479.
aus Magnus, his notice of the
Gothic writing, 453.
rigen, remarks by on the ancient
Hebrew letters, 261.
siris & Isis, legend of, 342.
thewerseer, duty of an, 481. Direc-
tions for, 482, 484. Form of a
Fre book for, 483. Use of ditto, 484.
Check book for, 485. Job book
ages, directions for composing,
31. Method of tying up, 193.
Directions for revising, 223. Ta-
ble of the price of any number of,
Palmyrene, country of, 438.
Palmyrenean language, notice and
alphabet of, 439.
amphlets, abstract of Acts relating
to, 574.
aper, directions for wetting, 529.
Warehouse-book, for giving out
the receipt of, 559. Directions,
&c. for giving out for the press,
560. Directions for drying & tak-
ing down, 565. Table for the
quantity of to be given out for
jobs, 1. Various adulterations
of, 646.
of Paper-horse, description of a, 515.
Various directions concerning
the, 523.
Papyrus, ace. & preparation of, 429.
38Paragon letter, account of, 77.
Paragraph, use of the sign, 52.
Rules for composing of para-
graphs, 136.
Parallel, use of the sign, 52.
Parchment, invention & use of, 426,
427.
Parenthesis, use of the, 6.
Parliament, abstracts of Acts of re-
lating to Printers, 572. Press-
men's prices for bills in, 586.
Pearl letter, specimen of, 83.
Pedigree, examples for composing
8,246,
Pehlevi, a dialect of the Persian,
acc. of the, 398. Ancient work
in, 400.
Pelasgians, notice of the, 412. Acc.
of their alphabet, 417.
Pelt-balls, account of, 531.
Pentateuch, ane. roll of the, 428.
Period, use of the, 59.
Persia, derivation of the name, 398.
Persian, general acc. of the, 398.
Literary history of the, 399. Mo-
dern alphabet of the, 401. Divi-
sions & points of the letters, 403.
Numerals, &c. 404. Compounds,
405. Ace. of the Persian Scrip-
tures, ib. Works on the, 406,
Petit-Romain, type so called, 82.
Phaophi, ace. of the month, 342.
Pharamond, compiler of the Sall-
que law, 467..
Pharmenoth, account of the month,
Pharmuthi, ace, of the month, 343.
Philosophie, notice of the type so
called, 81.
Phoenice, situation, people, & name
of, 411, 412.
Phoenician language, general ace.
of, 411. Invent. of their letters,
ib. Ancient alphabet of the, 412.
Phonetic writing of Egypt, acc. of,
344. Alphabets of, 345, 347.
Phylacteries, account of, 337.
Physical characters explained, 242.
Pica, two-line, remarks on, 11.
Small do. do. 12, 16. Specimen
& nec. of, 79, 81. Number of
Roman & Italie letter required in
a bill of, 26, 27, 30. Weight of a
fount of, 28.
Pilpay's Fables, account of, 399.
Pinax, an ane. Greek book, 425.
Piston of the Stanhope Press, figure
and account of the, 541. Do. do.
of the Albion Press, 555.
Planisphere at Dendera, descrip-
tion of, 324.
Plates of the Stanhope Press, figures
& accounts of the top plate, 541.
Back do. 542.
Plattin, fig. of a very large one, 499.
Fig. & descript. of, 513. Direct.
for hanging of a,518. Of the Stan-
hope Press, fig. & ace. of the, 542.
Pocket-books, pressmen's prices, Prichard, Dr. J. C. references to on
Poets of Persia, notices of, 399.
Pointing, observations on, 55, 60n.
234n.
Points, 21. Names & nature of, 54.
In Hebrew, 275, 271 n, 304. Used
in Greek, 283. In Syriac, 317.
Sanskrita, 389. In Persian, 403.
of a press, figure & descrip-
tion of, 514. Various directions
for, 520.
Positions proper forCompositors, 97
Posts & rails of a press, figures and
account of, 506.
Power, hieroglyphical sign for, 335.
Prayer, the Lord's, in Abyssinian,
353. Of St. Dioscorus, 360.
Prefaces, directions for composing,
Egyptian antiquities, 339, 342, 343.
Primer, Great, acc. and specimen
of, 78. Long do. 82. Variations
In the depth of, $7.
Printing, one work at different
presses censured, 27. Observa-
tions on, 55, 60n. Early printing
in China, 369n. Earliest in Tur-
key, 411. Red, &c. with black,
directions for, 532. In Gold, no-
tice of, 547 n. Acc. of printing
an extraordinary wood engraving,
ib. Alphabetical list of trades
connected with it, 652. Fine print-
ing, various remarks on, 645.
Stereotype printing, acc. of, 657.
Objections to ditto, 658.
Printing Office, never complete, 1.
Rules observed in a, 488. Of the
various Newspapers, list of, 651.
Printers, abstract of Acts of Parlia-
ment relating to, 572. Alphabeti-
cal list of in & near London, 649.
Printers' Joiners, Ink Makers,
Smiths, and Auctioneers, lists of,
652.
Proofs, method of pulling, 207. Re
marks on the reading of, 223 n.
266, 234. Process used with, 232
Rules concerning, 489. Press
men's charges for, 587.
Proverbs, extr. from the Irish ver
sion of, 477.
Press, (Vide Machines) of 1560,
wood-cut of, 498. Plattin of an
extraordinary large one, figure of,
499. Two belonging to the Duke
of Norfolk, ib. Invented by W.
J. Blaew, 500. Figure of do. 501.
Acc. of the improved wooden,
502. Figure of do. 503. Figure
and acc. of the parts of, 504-515.
Directions for putting one up
516. Stanhope, general acc. of
the, 536. Representation of do.
537. Acc. of the figures & parts
of do. 538-544. Sector press, 544.
Cogger's do, ib. Ruthven's do.
ib. Dr. Church's do, 545. Mr.
Russell's do. 546. Clymer's Co-
lumbian do. 547. Extraordinary
wood-cut printed by do. 548.
Parts of do, and method of putting
them together, 549-551. Engrav-Pugillares, anc. Greek books, 425.
ing of do. 550. Hydraulic Presses, Pulling, directions for, 525.
553. Cope's Albion Press, ib. Pure Hieroglyphics, definition of,
Engraving of do. 554. Figures 334. Examples of, 335. Divisions
and parts of do. 555. Iron Press
of, 336,
Makers, list of, 652.
Book, form of, 483. Use of
do. 484.
- Corrector of the, qualifica-
tion, and duty of a, 208.
Pressing of books, directions for,
Pressmen, regulations concerning,
499. Practical directions to, 516,
534. Their scale of prices regu-
lated, 582. Copy of do. 585. Va-
rious rules concerning, 586,
Press-stone, description of, 510.
Directions for the laying of, 517.
Prices of letter, tables for calculat-
ing, 584, +6. Do. for pages, +8.
Psammuthis, King of Egypt, acc. of
his Tomb, 326. Do. of him, 329.
Do. of his Sarcophagus, 331. Re
marks on them, 332.
Ptolemy, hieroglyphical name of,
338, 347.
Quadrats, nature and use of, 65.
Quarto, forms for imposing sheets,
in, 4. Table of signatures and
folios in, 203. Prèssmen's prices
for, 585.
Quires, directions for imposing in,
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