Moxon's mechanick exercises

About this eBook

Author

Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691

Title

Moxon's Mechanick exercises, volume 2 (of 2) : The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printing

Original Publication

New York: The Typothetæ of the city of New York, 1896.

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Printing -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78991

Release Date

July 1, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.MOXON'S MECHANICK EXERCISES
4. 4.The Compositers Trade. — PREFACE. — §. 22. ¶. 1. Of Papering and Laying the CASE. — ¶. 2. Of Rincing a Form of Letter, in order to Destributing it . — ¶ 3. Of Destributing. — ¶ 4. Of Composing. — ¶ 5. Some Circumstances a good Compositer considers and observes in Composing. — ¶ 6. Of Tying up a Page. — ¶ 7. Of Imposing. — ¶ 8. Of Correcting. — ¶ 9. Of Counting or Casting off Copy. — ¶ 10. Of Papering up of Pages. — §. 23. Of the Correcter, and his Office .
5. 5.Advertisement to AUTHORS.
6. 6.ADVERTISEMENT.
7. 7.The Press-mans Trade. — PREFACE. — §. 24. ¶. 1. Of the Press-mans Trade . — ¶ 2. Of Laying or Bedding the Stone. — ¶ 3. Of Setting the Rounce. — ¶ 4. Of Hanging the Plattin. — ¶ 5. Of Justifying the Head. — ¶ 6. Of Oyling the Iron Work of the Press. — ¶ 7. Of Making Register, and Making Ready a Form. — ¶ 8. Of Drawing the Tympans and Frisket. — ¶ 9. Of Wetting Paper. — ¶ 10. Of Knocking up the Balls. — ¶ 11. Of Rubbing out Inck. — ¶ 12. Of Destributing the Balls. — ¶ 13. Of Beating. — ¶ 15. Of Pulling. — ¶ 16. Of Printing Red, or other Colours with Black. — ¶ 17. Of mixing and Grinding Colours with Varnish. — ¶ 18. Of Printing with Gold and Silver. — ¶ 19. Rules observed; and Remedies to the Inconveniences the Press-man may meet with in a Train of Work . — § 25. The Office of the Warehouse-keeper. — ¶ 1. Of Hanging up Paper . — ¶ 2. Of Laying the Heaps. — ¶ 3. Of Gathering of Books. — ¶ 4. Of Colationing Books. — ¶ 5. Of Setting out Paper , and Culling the Cording Quires. — ( As an Appendix. ) Ancient Customs used in a Printing-house.
8. 8.A DICTIONARY,
9. 9.TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS
10. 10.NOTES

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