A history of the old English letter foundries : with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and progress of English typography. (1887)
Reed, Talbot Baines, 1852-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 134
inwhich scores of men yet living have in their day cast types for the trade. The 1 Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handy- Works applied to the Art of Printing. TheSecond Volume. London, 1683. 4to. 2 The index-letters following each part refer to Moxons illustration of a mould in… … 25. Letter-founding in 1683. (From Moxons Meehanick Exercises.)A. Ladle. B. Leather mould-guard. a, b, c, d. Furnace-top. e. Pan, r. Funnel, g. Stoke-hole. i. Air-hole. k, A>h-hole. Letter-Founding as an English Mechanical Trade. 111 justification of the mould is then described ; after which the…
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