The History of PrintingS.P.C.K., 1855 - 232 páginas |
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... these Bibles , mean as they would seem now , cost more money than the poor in those days could afford to give for them . That these Bibles were highly valued is clear from the use . fact that very few of them are in 18 HISTORY OF PRINTING .
... these Bibles , mean as they would seem now , cost more money than the poor in those days could afford to give for them . That these Bibles were highly valued is clear from the use . fact that very few of them are in 18 HISTORY OF PRINTING .
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... cost him his liberty . Soon after the partnership with Guttenberg had been dissolved , Faust proceeded to Paris to sell the expensive and beautiful edition of the Bible which had been printed in his office four yours previously . One ...
... cost him his liberty . Soon after the partnership with Guttenberg had been dissolved , Faust proceeded to Paris to sell the expensive and beautiful edition of the Bible which had been printed in his office four yours previously . One ...
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... cost more than very many of the clergy could afford to spend . But when printing cheapened the price of books , the Word of God ceased to be sealed up in a comparatively unknown tongue . It was translated into the common language ; and ...
... cost more than very many of the clergy could afford to spend . But when printing cheapened the price of books , the Word of God ceased to be sealed up in a comparatively unknown tongue . It was translated into the common language ; and ...
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... cost of stereotyping is greater than the first cost of the ordinary mode , because , not only have the moveable types to be set up , but the casts have to be made . But it is the cheapest plan in the end , as it reduces the out- lay of ...
... cost of stereotyping is greater than the first cost of the ordinary mode , because , not only have the moveable types to be set up , but the casts have to be made . But it is the cheapest plan in the end , as it reduces the out- lay of ...
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... cost of obtaining it , if metal casts could be obtained from pages of moveable types . The type which would be sufficient for a single page , he thought , might be made to do the work of a hundred or a thousand pages . In HISTORY OF ...
... cost of obtaining it , if metal casts could be obtained from pages of moveable types . The type which would be sufficient for a single page , he thought , might be made to do the work of a hundred or a thousand pages . In HISTORY OF ...
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afterwards amongst art of printing beautiful Bible bishops blind block books printed called catalogue Caxton Chapel Chinese Cochlæus Cologne colour commenced compositor contrivance copy Coster cylinder machine described drawing drum edition England English engraving errors etching ground Faust French frisket Guttenberg Haarlem hand impressions improvement instance invention inventor king Koenig laid lampblack learned letters lever lines lithography logographic London Lord Stanhope master ment Mentz metal casts metal types mezzotinto Miles Coverdale mode mould moveable types multiplied Naboth niello obtained parchment persons pica piece placed platen practised pressman printers printing books printing cylinder printing machine printing-office proof pulp punches roller round says Schoeffer screw Scriptures seal Senefelder sheet of paper sheets an hour side stamped stereotype stone surface tion translation turned tympan Tyndale type-founders whilst William Caxton wood wooden types words workman writing written Wynkyn de Worde
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Página 6 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Página 4 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Página 5 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Página 108 - Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing since the discovery of the art itself. The reader of this paragraph now holds in his hand one of the many thousand impressions of The Times newspaper which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus.
Página 108 - Times newspaper, which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus. A system of machinery almost organic has been devised and arranged, which, while it relieves the human frame of its most laborious efforts in printing, far exceeds all human powers in rapidity and dispatch.
Página 187 - James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on.
Página 56 - And for as much as in the writing of the same my pen is worn, my hand weary and not steadfast, mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper, and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been, and that age creepeth on me daily and feebleth all the body, and also because I have promised to divers gentlemen and to my friends to address to them as hastily as I might this said book...
Página 103 - ... by all who called for it, the word " Universal " being universally omitted, and the word " Register " being only retained. " Boy, bring me the Register ! " The waiter answers, " Sir, we have not a library, but you may see it at the New Exchange coffee-house.
Página 103 - Tristram, suffered from unusual casualties, both laughable and serious, arising from its name, which, on its introduction, was immediately curtailed of its fair proportion by all who called for it, the word Universal being universally omitted, and the word Register being only retained. 'Boy, bring me The Register...
Página 103 - Ladies. For these and other reasons, the parents of the UNIVERSAL REGISTER have added to its original name that of the TIMES; which, being a monosyllable, bids defiance to corruptors and mutilators of the language.