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== Book Production: The Hand-press Period 1500-1800 == | == Book Production: The Hand-press Period 1500-1800 == | ||
=== The Hand-printed Book === | === The Hand-printed Book === | ||
''compositor'': type --> ''composing stick'' (several lines) --> ''galley'' (whole page); | |||
tie with string, move to the next | |||
''imposition'': arrange many pages of type for one sheet --> fix in a pair of iron frames (''chases''), one for each side --> locked together, two chases of type create a ''forme'' | |||
trial prints (''proofs'') made from formes; compared with copy; | |||
errors marked by ''corrector'' (possibly author), marked proofs used by compositor to correct type | |||
=== Printing Type === | === Printing Type === | ||
=== Composition === | === Composition === | ||
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=== Patterns of Production === | === Patterns of Production === | ||
=== The English Book Trade to 1800 === | === The English Book Trade to 1800 === | ||
== Book Production: The Machine-press Period 1800-1950 == | == Book Production: The Machine-press Period 1800-1950 == | ||
== Bibliographical Applications == | == Bibliographical Applications == | ||
Revision as of 18:43, 4 June 2010
Book Production: The Hand-press Period 1500-1800
The Hand-printed Book
compositor: type --> composing stick (several lines) --> galley (whole page); tie with string, move to the next
imposition: arrange many pages of type for one sheet --> fix in a pair of iron frames (chases), one for each side --> locked together, two chases of type create a forme
trial prints (proofs) made from formes; compared with copy; errors marked by corrector (possibly author), marked proofs used by compositor to correct type