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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 269
HISTORY of theBook would beincomplete withouta brief accountof the mechanicalprocesses by which it is produced ;and we propose in the present chapterto deal with this important part ofthe subject, describing first some of the earlier methods used, and types j^^^ produced, by the first printers, and… … uiMyy^ The Early Type-Fouxdkks. 251 afterwards giving a short account of the modern practice oftypography. The first printers were their own type-founders. The secretof the invention was the discovery of movable types. Ofthe jDreliminary experiments of the inventor we know nothing.If, as the…
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