Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (page 1/3)

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Typographia

Typographia stands with her robe and chain(??), holding a book out to a cherub with a press; another cherub sets type. [$]

Discourse into the Night

Two learned robed, bearded and barefoot gentlemen converse, books in their lap. The smoke-filled scene is lit by a single flame. [$]

The “lay” of a pair of type cases (upper case).

This is the top half of the figure, the upper case. In the actual type tray, individual sorts, or pieces of type, would be stored in the compartment indicated. Note that the actual compartments are open; a type tray generally does not have a lid, so you had to learn where the letters went. [more...] [$]

Title Page, Pentateuch of Printing

Two stern figures hold up an ornate title page. [more...] [$]

Fifteenth Century Wooden Composing Stick

“Standing in front of the case, the compositor held in his left hand a wooden “composing-stick,” in which a rectangular trench had been cut to receive the [more...] [$]