The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 406
as grossly as did Madame Zabern. the secret of typography. JOHN GUTENBERG AT STRASBURG. 399 The gravest difficulty in the way of this conjecture is, thatthe type-mould of modern type-founders has, including thematrix, but three detachable pieces. As this mould is sub-stantially of the same form as… … Fac-simile of the Type-mould of Claude Garamond. a. The place where the body of the type was cast. *. c. The mouth-piece in which the fluid metal was poured.d. The type as cast, with the metal formed in the mouth-piece adhering to it. [From Duverger.] the early printers. But it was not the only…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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