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THE PITT PRESS BUILDING FRONTISPIECE
(From a water-colour attributed to R. B. Harraden)
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PART OF HAMOND'S PLAN OF CAMBRIDGE, 1592 6
A PAGE FROM HENRICI BULLOCI ORATIO, THE FIRST CAMBRIDGE BOOK 9
TITLE-PAGE OF THE SECOND CAMBRIDGE BOOK FACING 10
TITLE-PAGE OF FISHER'S SERMON FACING 13
TRADE-MARK OF JOHN SIBERCH 14
ORNAMENT USED BY THOMAS THOMAS 29
PETITION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO JAMES I, 1621 37
THE REPLY TO THE PETITION 39
PRINTING HOUSE OF THOMAS BUCK FACING 50
(Cole MSS. xliii. 260)
TITLE-PAGE OF THE FIRST CAMBRIDGE EDITION OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION FACING 54
TITLE-PAGE OF THE TEMPLE, 1633 57
A PAGE OF LYCIDAS WITH CORRECTIONS IN MILTON'S HAND 59
ORNAMENT USED BY BUCK AND DANIEL 61
IMPRIMATUR FOR A BIBLE, 1662 66
ALMANACK, 1675 71
RICHARD BENTLEY FACING 74
(From the portrait in the Master's Lodge, Trinity College)
TITLE-PAGE OF BENTLEY'S EDITION OF HORACE, 1711 83
KUSTER'S RECEIPT FOR A PORTION OF HIS FEE 90
A COMPOSITOR'S RECEIPT, 1705 93
TITLE-PAGE OF CHRISTIAN MORALS, 1716 94
TITLE-PAGE OF BENTLEY'S BOYLE LECTURES, 1735 FACING 99
JOHN BASKERVILLE FACING 106
(From an engraving, after the portrait by Miller, reproduced in Straus and Dent's John Baskerville)
A PAGE OF BASKERVILLE'S PRAYER-BOOK, 1762 110
RIVINGTON'S ACCOUNT WITH THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1767 114
THE SENATE HOUSE, THE NEW LIBRARY, AND ST MARY'S CHURCH 119
(From Cantabrigia Depicta, 1763)
A PAGE FROM ISAAC MILNER'S NOTE-BOOK, 1800 121
PLAN OF THE PRESS BUILDINGS FACING 128