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Haydock, Richard, engraver, 284
Hayman, Francis, illustrator, 296
Heber, Richard, character of his collection, 6
Hempstead (Essex), secret printing at, 228
Henry V, woodcut of Lydgate offering book to, 257
Henry VII, books decorated by Vérard for, 148; woodcut of his funeral, 254
Henry VIII “protects” English book-trade, 222, 234
Heroologia engravings, 285
Hertfort or Herford, John, printer at St. Albans and London, 224 sq.
Herzog, Johann, prints Sarum Missal at Venice, 229
Hessels, Dr., his theories on the invention of printing, 38 sqq.
Heynlyn, Jean, superintends first Paris press, 70
Heywood, Thomas, woodcut of, 260; engravings to his Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels, 286
Higman, Nicolas, Horae, 156
Hind, A. M., quoted, 284, 290
Hobby-Horse, experiments in printing in, 304
Hogarth, William, book-illustrations, 295 sq.
Hogenberg, Franciscus and Remigius, engravers, 281 sq.
Holbein, Ambrosius, book-decorations, 191
— Hans, book-decorations and illustrations, 191 sq., 259 sq.
Hole, William, engraver, 285, 287
Holinshed, Raphael, Chronicle, 265
Holland, claims to the invention of printing, 32-43; printing in, 72; book-illustrations, 119-22
Holland, H., print-seller, 285
Hollar, Wenceslaus, engraver, 287
Homer, the Florentine, 167; in French, 201; Chapman’s, 287; Ogilby’s Odyssey, 287; Proctor’s, 307
Hondius, Jodocus, engraver, 283 sq.
Hopyl, Wolfgang, Missals by, 198, 229
Horace, Pine’s ed., 295 sq., 300; Foulis, 298
Horae, Paris editions, 151-7, 264; Plantin’s, 275
Hornby, C. St. John, private press, 88, 306
Hroswitha, illustrations to her Comedies, 182
Hunte, Thomas, Oxford stationer, partner in Rood’s press, 76, 209
Hurning, Hans. See Walther, F., and Hans Hurning
Hurus, Paul, illustrated books, 162
Huss, Martin, illustrated books, 158
Huvin, Jean, probable partner (I. H.) of Jul. Notary, 214
Hylton, Walter, Scala perfectionis, De Worde’s ed., 253
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 90, 131 sq.; French version of, 201
i, ia., woodcuts signed, 128
I.D., woodcut signed, 159
Imprese, engravings of, 277
Incipits of books, quoted, 93
Incunabula, study of, 12 sq.; the word misleading, 77; points of, 78 sq.
Indulgences, printed at Mainz, 47
Ipswich, printing at, 226
Ireland, printing in, 242 sq.
Italic type, 91, 218
Italy, printing in, 65-70, 165-9, 224; book-illustration in, 123-42
James I, works and portrait, 288
Janot, Denis, printer of French illustrated books, 200
Jenson, Nicolas, printer at Venice, 67, 85
Jesuit press (1580), 228
Jewel, Bishop, books against, printed at Antwerp and Louvain, 232
Johnes, Thomas, private press, 238
Johnson, Marmaduke, printer at Cambridge, Mass., 246
Junius, Hadrianus, his story of Coster, 37 sq.
Justinian, in Council, metal-cut of, 198
Kearney, William, Dublin printer, 243
Kefer, or Keffer, Heinrich, servant of Gutenberg, 47, 63
Keimer, Samuel, printer at Philadelphia, 248
Keith, George, his Appeal from the Twenty-eight Judges, 248
Kerver, Thielmann, Horae, 156
Ketham, Johannes, Fascicolo di Medicina, illustrated, 129
Kipling, R., contribution to a school magazine, 8
Knoblochtzer, H., Strassburg printer, 60; illustrated books, 111
Köbel, Jakob, printer at Oppenheim, 193
Koberger, Anton, largest Nuremberg printer, 63; illustrated books, 108, 183
Koelhoff, Johann, father and son, printers at Cologne, 113
Kyngston, Felix, English bookseller, patentee for Irish printing, 243
Kyrforth, Samuel, Oxford printer, 224
Laer, John, of Siberch. See Siberch
La Fontaine, Jean, illustrated editions of his Fables and Contes, 290 sq.
Laing, David, on the Bruges Des cas des nobles hommes, 271
La Marche, Olivier de, illustrations to his Chevalier Délibéré, 122, 147, 149, 263
Lambeth Palace, printing at, 234
Lant, Thomas, engraver, 282
La Rochelle, Marprelate tract printed at, 228
Laud, Archbishop, benefactions to libraries, 5
Lauer, Georg, early printer at Rome, 68
Le Bey, Denis, his Emblems, 280
Leeu, Gerard, printer at Gouda and Antwerp, 72; colophon recording his death quoted, 81; sells cuts to Koelhoff, 113, 120; his illustrated books, 119 sq.; English books printed by, 229 sq.
Legate, John, Cambridge printer, 235
Legge, Cantrell, Cambridge printer, 235
Le Huen, Nicole, his adaptation of Breidenbach, 161, 270
Leipzig printing, 64, 169; book-illustrations, 116
Lekpreuit, Robert, Scottish printer, 241
Lemberger, Georg, bookwork at Wittenberg, 190
Le Rouge, Pierre, prints for Vérard, 150
Leroy, Guil., first printer at Lyon, 71; illustrated books, 158 sq.
Le Signerre, Guil., illustrated books, 141
Le Talleur, Guil., printer at Rouen, prints for Pynson, 211 sq.
Lettou, John, first printer in the City of London, 77, 210, 252
Leyden, printing at, 176, 177
Lignamine, Joh. Phil. de, on the invention of printing, 34; his own press, 68
Lirer, Thomas, Chronik, illustrated ed., 107
Lisa, Gerard, first printer at Treviso, 67 sq., 70
Locatellus, Bonetus, Venice printer, 69
Locker-Lampson, F., his copy of Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, 11
London, printing in the City of, 77
Longus, Daphnis et Chloé, 290
Louvain, early printing at, 73; book-illustration, 122; English books, 232
Lownes, Matthew, English bookseller, patentee for Irish printing, 243
Lübeck early printing, 64; book-illustration at, 113 sq.
Lucrece, Berthelet’s device of, 259
Lutzelburger, Hans, Holbein’s wood-cutter, 192
Luyken, Jan and Casper, engravers, 289
Lydgate, John, woodcut of, 257. For his Falles of Pryncis, see Boccaccio, De Casibus
Lyne, John, engraver, 282
Lyon, printing at, 71, 171, 173 sq.; illustration, 157-61, 202
Macfarlane, John, monograph on Antoine Vérard, 147
Machlinia, William, printer at London, 77, 210, 252
Madan, Falconer, on Oxford printing, 236
Magdeburg early printing, 64
Mainz, printing as a practical art invented at, 44-58; book-illustration, 114 sq.
Malborow in the land of Hesse, doubtful imprint, 231
Malermi Bible. See Bible, Italian
Malone, E., bequeaths books to the Bodleian, 5
Mansion, Colard, Bruges printer, 72, 122, 205 sq., 271 sq.
Manutius, Aldus, his work, 166-8; large roman type, 90; italic octavos, 91, 167, 196; Hypnerotomachia, 131 sq.; Lyonnese counterfeits of his octavos, 173
— — the younger, 168
— Paulus, 168
Marchant, Gui., illustrated books, 145
Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Caxton’s patron, 204, 272
— Duchess of Richmond, woodcut of her funeral, 255
Margins, right proportions, 97
Marprelate press, 228
Marsh, Archbishop, library founded by, 4-5
Marshall, William, engraver, 286 sqq.
Mary, Princess, daughter of Henry VII, woodcut of her reception of Spanish Embassy, 257
Master and Pupil, method of depicting, 135 and note
Maximilian, the Emperor, illustrated books in his honour, 182 sq., 185 sq., 188 sq.
Maynyal, George, prints service-books for Caxton, 229
Mentelin, Johann, first printer at Strassburg, 60; manuscript colophon of, 91 sq.
Merrymount Press, Boston (Mass.), 308
Middelburg, English books printed at, 232
Milan early printing, 68 sq.; book-illustration, 125, 141
Miller, W. H., character of his collection, 6
Millet, Jacques, illustrations to his Destruction de Troye la Grant, 144, 158, 198
Milton, John, portrait by Marshall, 288
Mirabilia Romæ, block-book, 28
Misprinted dates at Barcelona, 75; at Oxford, 209
Mitchell, John. See Mychell
Molière, François, illustrations to, 290, 293
Molner, Theodoricus, confused with Theod. Rood, 209
Mondovi, good roman type, 89
Montanus, Arias, relations with Plantin, 275 sq.
Monte Regio, Johannes de. See Müller
Montesquieu, Le Temple de Gnide, 290, 293
Moore, Bishop, fate of his books, 4
Moreau, French illustrator, 292
Morris, William, admired Subiaco type, 88; on the double page as the unit in a book, 98; on the illustrator of Caoursin, 108; his set of proofs of Richel’s Spiegel, 109 note; his decorative bookwork, 126; the Kelmscott press, 304 sq.
Moxon, Joseph, his Mechanick Exercises, 298
Müller, Johann, his Calendars, 27, 125; his work as a printer, 108
Musurus, Marcus, Aldus copies his Greek script, 167
Mutius Scaevola, border representing, 256
Mychell (or Mitchell), John, printer at Canterbury and London, 227
Myllar, Andrew, first Scottish printer, 239
Mylner, Ursyn, York printer, 225
N, woodcuts signed, 128
Naples early printing, 70; book-illustration, 124
Negker, Andrea and Jost de, wood-cutters, 188
Neobar, Conrad, printer of Greek, 172
Netherlands. See Holland; Belgium
Neuf Preux, Les, French block-book, 29
Neumeister, Johann, printer at Foligno, Mainz, Albi, etc., 114
Newcastle, printing at, 236 sq.; New Testament, Tyndale’s, 231; Eliot’s, 246
Niclas, Hendrik, his books printed at Amsterdam, 232
Nitschewitz, Hermann, Psalterium B.M.V., 117
Norwich, Dutch books printed at, 233; other printing at, 238
Notary, Julyan, early printer at London, 77, 213 sq., 222
Nuremberg, printing at, 63, 169; book-illustration at, 108, 116 sq., 181-4, 193
Nuremberg Chronicle. See Schedel
Nut-Brown Maid, the earliest text in Arnold’s Chronicle, 230
Ogilby, John, illustrated books, 289
O’Kearney, John, Irish printing by, 243
Opera nova contemplativa, Venetian block-book, 20 sq., 29
Oppenheim, book-decoration at, 193
Ortuin and Schenck, printers of Roman de la Rose, 160
Os, Pieter van, early printer at Zwolle, 72
Ostendorfer, Michael, illustrations by, 190
Oswen, John, printer at Ipswich and Worcester, 229 sq.
Overton, John, printer (?) at Ipswich, 226
Ovid, illustrations to his Metamorphoses, 292
Oxford, printing at, 76, 209, 224, 234 sqq., 252, 302 sq.
Pacini, Piero and Bernardo, publishers of illustrated books at Florence, 139
Paderborn, Johann. See Westphalia, John of
Palmart, Lambert, first printer in Spain, 75, 78, 89
Paper, made at Hertford, 212; Tottell seeks a monopoly for making, 220
Paris, printing in, 70 sqq., 171 sqq.; book-illustration, 143-56, 197-201, 289-93
Parker, Archbishop, his efforts to rescue old books, 2; patron of John Day, 219; and of Bynneman, 220; his De Antiquitate Brit. Eccl. perhaps printed at Lambeth, 219, 234; engraved portrait, 282
Parma, Baskerville’s press at, 300
Passe family, engravers, 286, 288
Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi, Venetian block-book, 28, 123
Paulirinus, Paulinus, on the word ciripagus, 43
Pavia, book-illustration at, 141
Peartree, Montagu, article on possible portrait of Caxton, 273
Pepwell, Henry, London printer, 216
Pepys, S., bequest of his books, 5
Petrarca, F., illustrated editions of his Trionfi, 127, 139
Petri, Johann, early printer at Florence, 67
Pfister, Albrecht, printer of illustrated books at Bamberg, 19, 32, 51, 59
Philadelphia, first printing at, 247
Philippe, Regent of France, engraved illustrations to Longus, 290
Phillipps, Sir Thomas, private printing by, 239
Pigouchet, Philippe, prints Le Chasteau de Labeur, 150; his Horae, 154
Pinder, Ulrich, private press at Nuremberg, 184
Pine, John, engraver, 294 sqq.
Plantin, Christopher, printer at Antwerp, 175 sq.; woodcut illustration, 202 sq.; engraved, 274 sqq.
Plateanus, Theodoricus (Dirick van der Straten), printer at Wesel, 226
Plates, troubles arising from in books, 267
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, book-illustrations by, 116
Poitiers, early printing at, 72
Polidori, Gaetano, his private press, 239
Pope, erasure of the word, 260
Popish apparel, Puritan tracts against, 232
“Poppy-printer” of Lübeck, 114
Porro, Girolamo, engraves plates for Orlando Furioso, 277, 283
Powell, Humphrey, English printer in Dublin, 242
Printing, changes in the primacy of, 16, 169, 170, 177; invention of, 32-58; early progress of, in various countries, 59-82; its technical development, 83-99; in the sixteenth century, 165-79; in England, 204-23; in the provinces of England, 224-8, 233-8; on the Continent for the English market, 229-33; private, 238 sq.; in Scotland, 239 sqq.; in Ireland, 242 sq.; in the English colonies in America, 243 sqq.
Private presses in England, 238 sq., 303 sqq.
Proctor, Robert, found beauty in all incunabula, 10, 39; classification of them, 12; Greek type, 176, 307
Provincial printing in England, 9, 76, 208 sq., 224-7, 234-8
Prüss, Johann, of Strassburg, illustrated books, 111, 162
Psalms, the New England version of the, 244 sq.
Psalter, Latin, of 1457, 54, 83; of 1459, 55; cost of writing and illuminating a manuscript, 84
Ptolemy, Cosmographia (or Geographia), illustrated editions of, 66, 107
Pynson, R., number of copies in his editions, 21; work as a printer, 211, 212 sq., 222; book-illustrations, 255-9
Quarles, Francis, Hieroglyphikes of the Life of Man, 287
Quentell, Heinrich, of Cologne, his illustrated books, 113; his Bible cuts copied, 112, 114, 126, 128
Quinterniones, a name for manuscripts, 94
Quire, origin of the word, 94
Quiring in old books, 94 sqq.; collection by, 96 sq.
R-printer, the, of Strassburg, 60
Rappresentazioni, illustrated Florentine editions, 138
Rarity, effect on value of books, 7 sq.
Rastell, John, lawyer-printer, 215, 222, 258
— William, printed English plays, 215
Ratdolt, Erhard, early printer at Venice, 69; titlepage to his Calendar, 93; his decorative work at Venice, 125 sq.; at Augsburg, 106; colour-printing by, 129
Rawlinson, Richard, gives manuscripts to the Bodleian, 5
Raynold, Thomas, his ed. of the Birth of Mankind, 280
Recuyell of the Histories of Troye, 206, 254; engraving in Chatsworth copy of Caxton’s, 272
Redman, Robert, Pynson’s successor, 216, 222
Red printing, difficulty of, 86, 228 sq.; colophons in, 92
Regiomontanus. See Müller
Reinhard, Johann. See Grüninger
Retza, Fran. de, block-book of his Defensorium, 27
Reuwich, Erhard, illustrator of Breidenbach’s Peregrinatio, 108, 115 sq.
Reyser, Georg, first Würzburg printer, 64, 269 sq.
— Michel, first Eichstätt printer, 64, 269 sq.
Rheims, English Catholic books printed at, 232
Richard III, Statute permitting free importation of books into England, 209, 222
Richard, Thomas, printer at Tavistock, 226
Richel, Bernhard, early printer at Basel, his illustrated books, 109, 158
Ricketts, Charles, the Vale Press books, 307
Rodericus Zamorensis, illustrated editions of his Speculum Humanae Vitae, 104, 159, 162
Rodlich, Hieronymus, his illustrated books, 193
Rogers, Bruce, fine printer, 308
— William, engraver, 284, 287
Rolewinck, Werner, all his books printed by ther Hoernen, 62; Venice editions of his Fasciculus Temporum, 126; Seville ed., 161
Roman de la Rose, early editions of, 160
Roman type, 88-90
Rome, printing at, 65, 167; book-illustration at, 123, 268, 273, 276
Rome under the Castle of St. Angelo, spurious imprint, 233
Rood, Theodoricus, printer at Oxford, 76
Ross, John, Edinburgh printer, 242
Rouen early printing, 72, 146; English books, 225, 229
Ruppel, Berthold, of Hanau, Basel printer, 47, 60
Ruscelli, Jerononimo, his Imprese, 277
Rusch, Adolf, the R-printer, 60; roman type used by, 88
Rylands, W. H., engraver, 296
Ryther, Augustine, engraver, 282
Saint Albans, printing at, 76, 208, 224 sq., 253
Saint Andrews, printing at, 241
Saint Omer, English Catholic books printed at, 232
Saluzzo, book-illustration at, 141
Sanctis, Hieronymus de, wood-cutter and printer at Venice, 127
Sanderson, Cobden, fine printing by, 306
Sandys, George, Relation of a Journey, 285
Santritter, Johann, illustrator and printer at Venice, 127
Saragossa, early printing at, 75; illustration, 162
Sarum service-books mostly printed abroad, 229; their importation into Scotland forbidden, 240
Savonarola, Girolamo, illustrated editions of his tracts, 133 sq., 137
Savile, Sir Henry, his press at Eton, 234
Saxton, Christopher, maps by, 282
Sayle, C., his catalogue of English books in Cambridge University Library, 233
Schatzbehalter. See Stephan
Schaüfelein, Hans Leonhard, book-illustrations by, 184, 188 sq.
Schedel, Hartmann, his Liber Chronicarum, 117
Schilders, Richard, English books printed by, 232 sq.
Schoeffer, Johann, printer at Mainz, 58, 169
— Peter, a witness on the side of Fust, 47; his share in the invention of printing, 50 sq.; books printed by him, 53-8; his method of printing, 81-6, 95; his type, 90
Schön, Erhard, illustrations by, 183
Schreiber, W., his Manuel de l’Amateur, quoted, 24, 100 note, 114; his block-books, 31
Schwabacher type, 90
Scolar, Johannes, printer at Oxford, 224; and at Abingdon, 226
Scoloker, Anthony, printer at Ipswich and London, 226
Scot, John, Scottish printer, 240 sq.
Scotland, printing in, 239-42
Secret printing in Elizabeth’s reign, 228
Segar, Sir W., Honour, Military and Civil, 284
Selden, W., his books go to the Bodleian, 5
Sensenschmidt, Johann, first printer at Nuremberg, 63; his illustrated books, 108
Sessa, family of printers, illustrated books, 196
Seville, early printing at, 75; illustration, 161, 163
Shakespeare, First Folio, 8; illustrations to, 294 sqq.
Shrewsbury, printing at, 237 sq.
Siberch, John Laer of, first Cambridge printer, 225
Sibyllenbuch, early Mainz fragment of, 46
Sidney, Sir Philip, title-border to 1598 ed. of his Arcadia, 266; engraving of his funeral, 282
Siemen, illustrated books published at, 193
Signatures of artists or wood-cutters in Italian books, 128, 194; in German books, 194; in French books, 157, 159
Signatures (typographic), first used by Joh. Koelhoff, 62; their origin, 94; example of collation by, 96
Silber, Eucharius, printer at Rome, 169
Simon, “das süsses kind,” woodcuts of his history, 103, 108
Small books, 214; stages in their popularity, 166, 173, 178
Smith, Richard, book-collector, 3
Solempne, Antony de, Dutch printer at Norwich, 233
Sorbonne, first Paris press at the, 70; roman type used at, 89; persecution of printers by its theologians, 174
Sorg, Anton, of Augsburg, illustrated books, 105
Spaces left blank for headings and capitals, 85; for illustrations, 143
Spain, early printing in, 74-6, 176 sq., 224; book-illustration, 161-4
Spanish Armada, engravings of, 282
Speculum Humanae Saluationis partly block-printed, 26, 39; fate of the blocks, 40, 118; Augsburg ed. of, 103; Basel ed. of (in German), 109, 150; French ed. at Lyons, 158
Speculum Humanae Vitae. See Rodericus Zamorensis
Speculum Vitae Christi, Caxton’s edition, 252 sq.
Speier, early printing at, 63
— Johann of, first printer at Venice, 66 sq., 89
— Wendelin of, successor of Johann, 67, 89
Spenser, Edmund, woodcuts to his Shepheardes Calender, 265
Spindeler, Nic., illustrated books, 162 sq.
Spoerer, Hans, block-books printed by, 25
Springinklee, Hans, illustrator, 183, 188
Stagninus, Bernardinus, his illustrated service-books, 195
Stanheim, Melchior, arbitrator on book-illustrating, 63, 103
Stationers’ Company, 221 sq., 227, 233 sq.
Steele, Robert, on English books printed abroad, 233
Stephan, P., Schatzbehalter, 116
Steyner, Hans, illustrated books by, 185, 187
Stillingfleet, Archbishop, fate of his library, 4
Stöffler, Hans, mathematical works by, curiously decorated, 189
Story, John, Edinburgh printer, 240
Strassburg, printing at, 59 sq., 169; book-illustration at, 112 sqq., 187, 190 sq.
Straten, Dirick van der. See Plateanus
Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole’s press at, 238
Stuchs, G., Nuremberg printer, 63
Stule, Karolus, Edinburgh publisher, 240
Sturt, John, engraver, 294 sq.
Subiaco, books printed at, 65
Sweynheym and Pannartz, number of copies in their editions, 21 note, 66; early reference to, 34; books printed by, 65 sq.; their types, 88
— Conrad, engraves maps for 1478 Ptolemy, 66, 268
Tacuinus, Joannes, Venice printer, 69
Tate, John, papermaker, 212
Taverner, John, London stationer, 222
Tavistock, printing at, 226
Terence, illustrated editions of, 107, 112, 131, 150, 160, 163, 213
Theramo, Jacobus de, illustrated editions of his Belial, 121
Ther Hoernen, Arnold, second Cologne printer, 62
Thomas, Thomas, Cambridge printer, 235
Thomas à Becket, erasure of the service for, 260
Tillier, Thomas, Chester printer, 237
Tin, types made of, 21 note
Titlepage, early examples of, 62, 93, 210
Tortosa early printing, 75
Tory, Geoffroi, printer at Paris, 173; his Horae, 156 sq., 199
Tottell, Richard, London printer, 219
Tournes, Jean de, father and son, printers at Lyon, 174
Traut, Wolfgang, illustrator, 182, 188
Trechsel family of printers at Lyon, 160, 171, 174, 192 sq.
Treviso, early printing at, 67 sq., 70
Tuberinus, his account of the death of “das susses kind Simon,” 103, 108
Tübingen, book-decoration at, 189
Turberville, George, Booke of Faulconrie, 265
Turrecremata, Cardinal, illustrated editions of his Meditationes, 114, 123
Tyndale, W., editions of his New Testament, 231
Types, characteristics of, in early books, 86 sq.
Ugo (VGO), woodcuts signed, 194
Ulm early printing, 63 sq.; illustrated books, 106 sqq.
Ungut and Polonus, illustrated books of, 163
United States of America, colonial printing in, 243-9; modern fine printing, 308
Updike, Berkeley, fine printer, 308
Usher, Archbishop, fate of his library, 4
Utrecht, “Costeriana” attributed to, 40, 72
Utterson, E. V., private printing by, 239
Valdarfer, Christopher, printer at Venice and Milan, 67
Valentia, early printing at, 74 sq.; illustration, 162
Valturius, R., De re militari, Verona editions of, 123 sq.; French version of, 200
Van der Gucht, Michael, engraver, 294
Vautrollier, Thomas, printer at London and Edinburgh, 221, 242
Vavassore, Giovanni Andrea, block-printed Opera nova Contemplativa by, 21; woodcuts signed z.a., etc., by, 194 sq.
Veldener, Jan, early printer at Louvain, Kuilenburg and Utrecht, 40, 73, 118, 119, 205
Venice early printing, 66 sq.; book-illustration, 125-32, 194-7, 277
Vérard, Antoine, publisher at Paris, 147-50; his Horae, 151 sq.; his English books, 230; his use of old cuts, 101, 148, 160
Vergetius, Angelus, French Royal Greek types designed by, 172
Verona early book-illustration, 123 sq.
Villena, Marquis of, Trabajos de Hercules, 161
Vincent de Beauvais, his Speculum, 165
Violette, Pierre, Rouen printer, 225
Virgil, printed by B. Cennini, colophon quoted, 80; Grüninger’s, 112; Leroy’s, 158; Aldine, 167; first English, 226 sq.; Ogilby’s, 289; Baskerville’s, 300
Virginia, early printing in, 249
Viterbo, good roman type, 89
Voltaire, edition of his works printed with Baskerville’s type, 300
Vostre, Simon, books printed by Pigouchet for, 150, 154 sqq.
Wächtlin, Johann, illustrator, 190
Waldegrave, Robert, prints Marprelate tracts, 228. See prints at Edinburgh, 242
Wale, Samuel, illustrator, 296
Walker, Emery, expert in printing, 304 sqq.
Walpole, Horace, private press, 238
Walther, F., and Hans Hurning, printers of a Biblia Pauperum, 25
Walton, Izaak, illustrations to his Angler, 296
Wandsforth, Gerard. See Freez
Wandsworth, secret press at, 228
Weiditz, Hans, illustrator, 186 sq.
Wenssler, Michael, Basel printer, 60 sq.
Wesel, Bale’s Catalogus printed there, 226
Westphalia, John of, early printer at Alost and Louvain, 73; used roman type, 89; his woodcut portrait, 119
White, John, his drawings of Virginia, 278
— Robert., engraver, 289
Whittingham, Charles (uncle and nephew), printers, 302 sq.
Wilcocks, William, gave commissions to Wynkyn de Worde, 210
Williams, Archbishop, gifts of books by, 5
Wilson, J. D., on English books printed abroad, 233
Winthrop, John, allusion to printing at Cambridge, Mass., 243
Wittenberg, printing at, 169; illustrations, 190
Wolfe, Reyner, Royal painter, 218, 259
Wolgemut, Michael, book-illustrator, 116
Woodcuts, early, their charm and distinctiveness, 15
Worde, Wynkyn de, on Caxton’s printing the De proprietatibus, 214 sq.; on the St. Alban’s printer, 208; on Fishing with an Angle, 209 note; his work as a printer, 211 sq.; his assessment, 222; book-illustrations, 253 sq.
Würzburg, early printing at, 64
— Missals, engravings in, 270
Wyer, Robert, London printer, 222
Ximenes, Cardinal, Polyglott Bible, 176
York, printing at, 225, 236 sqq.
z.a., z.A., woodcuts signed, 194
Zainer, Günther, first Augsburg printer, 62 sq.; used roman type, 88; his illustrated books, 103
— Johann, first Ulm printer, 63; used roman type, 88; his illustrated books, 106
Zarotus, Antonius, first printer at Milan, 68, 70
Zell, Ulrich, his story of the invention of printing, 35; the first printer at Cologne, 61
Zenger, Joh. Peter, New York printer, 248
Zinna, the Psalterium B.V.M. printed at, 117
Zoan Andrea. See Vavassore, 194
Zurich, English books printed at, 231 sq.
Zwolle early printing, 72; book-illustrations at, 122
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