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492
THE ILLUSTEATED EXHIBITOR.
cacy and beauty, the publications of the Alduses and the
Stephenses have scarcely been surpassed by any subsequent
typographist. The " original editions," the " large paper
copies," the works printed on vellum, of which Dibdin wrote
so lovingly, and for which Earl Spencer bid against half a
dozen honourable and noble competitors, defy all modern
rivalry. The printers of that age had sounded the depths
phical error or a blemish in the impression ? Our exist
ing generation of producers would not exert the patience"
or the present race of purchasers would not stand the
cost at which such elaborate perfection can only be at-
tained. What improvements we moderns have been able
to accomplish lies entirely in another direction. At an
alarming sacrifice of accuracy and finish, we have secured
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ALBUM COVER,—MR. J. S. EVANS.
of their " art and mystery." After three centuries of
practice and contrivance, their doings have never been
outdone. True, they took unheard-of trouble to attain-
excellence in their performance, such as our busy and
time-saving artists would never dream of. What extant
printer would spend ten years in the persevering endea-
vour to collect a perfect "fount" of type, or would ex-
pose the sheets of a voluminous work with an offer of
fifty pounds reward to whoever could detect a typogra-
an almost miraculous superiority in price, dimensions, and
rapidity of execution—no small advantages rightly con-
sidered. While on the subject of printing appliances, we
may be excused if we introduce two very pretty designs
for book-covers—the one by Messrs. Bone and Son, Fleet-
street, specially deserving commendation.
The album cover is one of a pair exhibited by Mr. J. b.
Evans. One is a small quarto, richly illuminated in gold
and various colours on brown leather.
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492
THE ILLUSTEATED EXHIBITOR.
cacy and beauty, the publications of the Alduses and the
Stephenses have scarcely been surpassed by any subsequent
typographist. The " original editions," the " large paper
copies," the works printed on vellum, of which Dibdin wrote
so lovingly, and for which Earl Spencer bid against half a
dozen honourable and noble competitors, defy all modern
rivalry. The printers of that age had sounded the depths
phical error or a blemish in the impression ? Our exist
ing generation of producers would not exert the patience"
or the present race of purchasers would not stand the
cost at which such elaborate perfection can only be at-
tained. What improvements we moderns have been able
to accomplish lies entirely in another direction. At an
alarming sacrifice of accuracy and finish, we have secured
tr
<fr
C21
V
,-S.
¥>
S-Sfrj
^
'h
BACK OP BOOK COVER.
COWSLADE AND LOVEJOY S IMPROVED HAND PRINTING PRESS.
ALBUM COVER,—MR. J. S. EVANS.
of their " art and mystery." After three centuries of
practice and contrivance, their doings have never been
outdone. True, they took unheard-of trouble to attain-
excellence in their performance, such as our busy and
time-saving artists would never dream of. What extant
printer would spend ten years in the persevering endea-
vour to collect a perfect "fount" of type, or would ex-
pose the sheets of a voluminous work with an offer of
fifty pounds reward to whoever could detect a typogra-
an almost miraculous superiority in price, dimensions, and
rapidity of execution—no small advantages rightly con-
sidered. While on the subject of printing appliances, we
may be excused if we introduce two very pretty designs
for book-covers—the one by Messrs. Bone and Son, Fleet-
street, specially deserving commendation.
The album cover is one of a pair exhibited by Mr. J. b.
Evans. One is a small quarto, richly illuminated in gold
and various colours on brown leather.
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