The Pentateuch of printing, with a chapter on Judges (1891)
Blades, William, 1824-1890, Reed, Talbot Baines · Chicago : A. C. McClurg and company · leaf 88
ick, in which a rectangular trench had been cutto receive the letters. Reading and keeping in his mind a few words olhis manuscript, he picked up the types letter by letter and placed themside by side until first words, and then sentences, were composed.When the end of a line was reached, and… … A FIFTEENTH CENTURY WOODEN COMPOSING STICK. called justifying the line. Each line was lifted out of the stick andplaced on a wooden board ; thus line after line was added until therewere enough for a page.
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