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 162
, made up the leeway of a wasted century, and, nolonger in the grip of faction, but the free servant of the great and wise of theland, raised for itself monuments which will remain a lasting glory not only toEnglish scholarship and English eloquence, but also to English typography, forwhich liberty… … THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY. RINTING was practised at Oxford within a year of theintroduction of the art into England. Setting aside thelegend of Corsellis and the 1468 Exposicio Simboli,we find that a printer, presumably Theodoric Rood, fromCologne, was settled here in 1478, and issued three…
Typography · Printing
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