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 245
JAMES was the son of the Rev. John James,vicar of Basingstoke.1 He served his apprenticeship toRobert Andrews, but quitted his service prior to the year1710, in order to start business on his own account.Impressed, doubtless, with the present low condition ofthe art in England, and lacking the… … 1 Nichols note on the James family {Anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer, pp. 585, 609) is at variancewith the account given by Rowe Mores. According to the former, Thomas, John and GeorgeJames were all brothers, and sons of the notorious half-crazy Elianor James, whose husband,Thomas James, the printer, was a…
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