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PRINTERS’ MARKS.
Printers’ Marks
A Chapter in the History of Typography by W. Roberts
Editor of “The Bookworm”
London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, & New York. Mdcccxciij.
CHISWICK PRESS: C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.
HERE are few phases of typography open to thecharge of being neglected. An unquestionable exception occurs, however,in relation to Printers’ Marks. This subject is in many respects one ofthe most interesting in connection with the early printers, who, usingdevices at first purely as trade marks for the protection of their booksagainst the pirate, soon began to discern their ornamental value, and,consequently, employed the best available artists to design them. Manyof these examples are of the greatest bibliographical and generalinterest, as well as of considerable value in supplementing an importantclass of illustrations to the printed books, and showing the origin ofseveral typical classes of Book-plates (Ex-Libris). The present Handbookhas been written with a view to supplying a readable but accurate
HERE are few phases of typography open to thecharge of being neglected. An unquestionable exception occurs, however,in relation to Printers’ Marks. This subject is in many respects one ofthe most interesting in connection with the early printers, who, usingdevices at first purely as trade marks for the protection of their booksagainst the pirate, soon began to discern their ornamental value, and,consequently, employed the best available artists to design them. Manyof these examples are of the greatest bibliographical and generalinterest, as well as of considerable value in supplementing an importantclass of illustrations to the printed books, and showing the origin ofseveral typical classes of Book-plates (Ex-Libris). The present Handbookhas been written with a view to supplying a readable but accurate