Typographia, or, The printer's instructor : a brief sketch of the origin, rise, and progress of the typographic art : with practical directions for conducting every department in an office, hints to authors, publishers, &c. (1861)
Adams, Thomas F · Philadelphia : L. Johnson & Co. · leaf 195
to the author, or to the person by him author¬ ised j either of whom, if they understand the nature of printing, will not defer reading the sheet, but return it without any alteration perhaps, to be made ready for the press. But because such good authors are very scarce, compositors are discouraged… … Ye Authors list ! we must a tale unfold, Which, doubtless, some of you have oft been told. You little dream how much poor Typo's vex’d, When with had copy his mind’s sore perplex’d ; Nor is this all, he still has cause to dread The Reader's gall, when first his proof is read ; Corrected now, to you…
Printing -- History · Printing
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