Long Primer
. The Rev. E. Mores Rowe
suggests that
long means that religious works
first set in it were in long lines across the page
instead of double columns as previously. It is
called
Corpus in German, possibly because their
“Corpus Juris” was printed in it, a custom
still continued. It is also called
Garamond,
doubtless in honour of the name either of the
punch-cutter or founder. The French call it
petit Romain and
Great Primer
gros Romain.