American specimen book of type styles : complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 . THE EXODUS OF PRINTING ^ILLIAM BLADES, in his po^humoushi^orical volume, The Pentateuch ofPrinting, discusses the origin of the artunder the head of Genesis, and itsdiffusion under that of Exodus. As both thesedivisions of typographic hi^ory appertain to thefifteenth century, certain individuals being involvedin both, they are not always clearly di^inguishableeven in the minds of the well-informed readers. Asmatter for hi^ory, the invention of printing alwayshas received vastly more a
American specimen book of type styles : complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 . THE EXODUS OF PRINTING ^ILLIAM BLADES, in his po^humoushi^orical volume, The Pentateuch ofPrinting, discusses the origin of the artunder the head of Genesis, and itsdiffusion under that of Exodus. As both thesedivisions of typographic hi^ory appertain to thefifteenth century, certain individuals being involvedin both, they are not always clearly di^inguishableeven in the minds of the well-informed readers. Asmatter for hi^ory, the invention of printing alwayshas received vastly more attention than the diffusionof the art. Yet the first subjed is still involved in acloud of controversy, its problems being, to a greatextent, mechanical, and the very materials whichthe judgments are to be based upon are scanty oraltogether wanting. The second subjed is rich inpopular as well as technical mtere^, having even atouch of romance, and its materials are , so far as the general public is concerned, this : Initial Strathn 156 Cheltenham Old^yle Condensed and Chehenham Medium Italic i
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