Note 27 — INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER THE TYPES AND TYPEFOUNDING OF THE FIRST PRINTERS.
Reading edition
Origine de l’Imprimerie, i, 99, etc. The following are the citations:—“Escriture en molle,” used in the letters of naturalisation to the first Paris printers, 1474. “Escrits en moule,” applied to two Horæ in vellum, bought by the Duke of Orleans, 1496. “Mettre en molle,” applied to the printing of Savonarola’s sermons, 1498. “Tant en parchemin que en papier, à la main et en molle,” applied to the books in a library, 1498. “Mettre en molle,” applied to the printing of a book by Marchand, 1499. “En molle et à la main,” applied to printed books and manuscripts in the Duke of Bourbon’s library, 1523. “Pièces officielles moulées par ordre de l’Assemblée.” Procès verbaux des Etats Généraux, 1593.