CONTENTS.

Introductory Chapter. THE TYPES AND TYPE FOUN­DING OF THE FIRST PRIN­TERS 1

Chap. 1. THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES 31

″ 2. THE LEARNED, FOREIGN AND PECULIAR CHARACTERS 57

″ 3. THE PRINTER LETTER-FOUNDERS, FROM CAXTON TO DAY 83

″ 4. LETTER FOUNDING AS AN ENGLISH MECHANICAL TRADE 102

″ 5. THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING 123

″ 6. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY 137

″ 7. THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT 164

″ 8. JOSEPH MOXON 180

″ 9. THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY 193

″10. THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES 212

″11. WILLIAM CASLON 232

″12. ALEXANDER WILSON 257

″13. JOHN BASKERVILLE 268

″14. THOMAS COTTRELL 288

″15. JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY 298

″16. JOSEPH JACKSON 315

″17. WILLIAM MARTIN 330

″18. VINCENT FIGGINS 335

″19. THE MINOR FOUNDERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY 345

″20. WILLIAM MILLER 355

″21. THE MINOR FOUNDERS FROM 1800 TO 1830 357