Cowie's Printer's Pocket-Book and Manual/Pressmen's Scale of Prices

by George Cowie

PRESSMEN'S SCALE OF PRICES,

March 1, 1810.⁠	1000 and upward	750 & 500	250
FOLIOS.
On Medium or Demy.
Not exceeding fifty-two pica ems, upon small pica and upwards	5	5½	6
If on long primer, bourgeois, or brevier	5½	6	7
All above fifty-two pica ems, upon small pica and upwards	5½	6	7
If on long primer, bourgeois, or brevier	6	6½	7
Long primer and upwards, on copy or crown	5	5½	6
QUARTOS.
On Medium or Demy.
Not exceeding forty pica ems, upon long primer and upwards	5	5½	6
If on bourgeois or brevier	5½	5½	6
All above forty pica ems, and not less than long primer	5½	5½	7
If on bourgeois or brevier	5	5½	6
Brevier and upwards, on copy or crown	6	6	6
OCTAVOS.
On Medium or Demy.
Not exceeding twenty-four pica ems, upon small pica and upwards	5	5½	6
If on long primer, bourgeois, or brevier	5	5½	7
All above twenty-four pica ems, on brevier or upwards	5½	6	7
If less than brevier	6	6½	8
Brevier and upwards, on copy or crown	5	5½	6
TWELVES.
On Medium or Demy.
Not exceeding twenty-one pica ems, upon long primer and upwards	5	5½	7
If on bourgeois or brevier	5½	6	7
All above twenty-one pica ems, upon long primer and upwards	5½	7	8
If on bourgeois or brevier	6	7	8
Long primer, bourgeois, or brevier, on copy or crown	5	5½	7
EIGHTEENS.
If not less than small pica	5	5½	7
If on long primer, bourgeois, or brevier	5½	6	7
If less than brevier	6	7	8
TWENTY-FOURS AND THIRTY-TWOS.
If not less than small pica	5½	6	7
If on long primer, bourgeois, or brevier	6	7	8
If less than brevier	6½	8	9
POCKET BOOKS.
Octavo.
Post or crown, twenty-one pica ems wide, thirty-five long	5	6	7
Twelves.
Pot, such as Ladies' and Christian Ladies' table part, 6mo. 35 pica ems wide, 26 long	5	6	7
Pot, such as Ladies' and Christian Ladies' Miscellany part, 16 pica ems wide, 26 long	5	6	7
Copy, Christian Gentleman's, 20 wide, 35 long	5	6	7
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Twelves.
Copy or crown, not exceeding 17 pica ems wide, and 31 long, nor less than brevier	5	6	7
Octavo.
Copy or crown, not exceeding 21 pica ems wide, nor less than long primer	4¾	5½	6
N.B.—School books on copy or crown are defined to be Palairet's French Grammar, Chambaud, Salisbury Spelling Book, Fox's Lessons, Ward's Latin Grammar, and all of a similar description.

 

BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.

• From 4 to any number under 100, 4½d
• If 100 and under 200, 5d
• If 200 or 250, 5½d
• Above 250 and under 400, 4½d
• If 400 or 500, 5d
• Above 500 and under 700, 4½d
• If 700 or 750, 5d
• All above 750, 4½d.

ALMANACKS.

• Royal broadsides, 7d
• Demy do. size Wing or Cambridge, 5½d
• Goldsmith, calendar form, 5½d
• Ditto prog., 5d
• Twelves demy, 19 wide, 34 long, cal., 5½d
• Ditto prog., 5d
• Ditto crown, size Rider, 5d
• Octavo foolscap, 20 wide, 24 long, cal. and prog., 5d.

N. B.—Side notes to be reckoned in the width, bottom notes not to be regarded.

 

Works on royal paper to be paid one halfpenny per hour more than the above prices.

Ditto on foolscap or pot, not less number than one thousand, and worked at one pull, fourpence halfpenny.

Ditto in square pages (like Entick's dictionary) and works for the public offices, to be advanced one halfpenny per hour on the scale of 1800.

Fine paper of the same size, if included within the token, not to be charged extra; but if of a larger size, then to be paid according to the scale.

Three or more proofs pulled at one time to be charged 4d. per form; and if made ready to be charged as a token.

Cards, large or small, to be paid 6½d. per hundred.

Double crown or royal broadsides, not exceeding 100 number, to be paid 1s. 9d; if more than 100, to be paid 1s. per 100.

Jobs, without points, to be paid 4½d. per hour.

Demy broadsides, not more than 100, to be paid 1s; above 100, and not exceeding 500, to be paid 10d. per 100; if above 500, to be paid after the rate of 1s. 9d. per token.

Broadsides requiring 3 pulls to be paid one-third more.

No form to be deemed a broadside that comes in at one pull at the common press.

Night-work to commence and be paid for from 10 o'clock till 12, 1s; all after to be paid 3d. an hour extra till 6.—Morning-work, commencing at 4 o'clock, to be paid 1s. extra. Sunday-work, if not exceeding six hours, to be paid 1s; if for a longer time, 2d. an hour.

A Table, shewing the Price of any number of Tokens from One to Twenty, at all the Prices mentioned in the above Scale
Tokens	at 5d.		5½d.		6d.		6½d.		7d.		8d.		9d.
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
2 - -	1	8	1	10	2	0	2	2	2	4	2	8	3	0
3 - -	2	6	2	9	3	0	3	3	3	6	4	0	4	6
4 - -	3	4	3	8	4	0	4	4	4	8	5	4	6	0
5 - -	4	2	4	7	5	0	5	5	5	10	6	8	7	6
6 - -	5	0	5	6	6	0	6	6	7	0	8	0	9	0
7 - -	5	10	6	5	7	0	7	7	8	2	9	4	10	6
8 - -	6	8	7	4	8	0	8	8	9	4	10	8	12	0
9 - -	7	6	8	3	9	0	9	9	10	6	12	0	13	6
10 - -	8	4	9	2	10	0	10	10	11	8	13	4	15	0
11 - -	9	2	10	1	11	0	11	11	12	10	14	8	16	6
12 - -	10	0	10	0	12	0	13	0	14	0	16	0	18	0
13 - -	10	10	11	11	13	0	14	1	15	2	17	4	19	6
14 - -	11	8	12	10	14	0	15	2	16	4	18	8	21	0
15 - -	12	6	13	9	15	0	16	3	17	6	20	0	22	6
16 - -	13	4	14	8	16	0	17	4	18	8	21	4	24	0
17 - -	14	2	15	7	17	0	18	5	19	10	22	8	25	6
18 - -	15	0	16	6	18	0	19	6	21	0	24	0	27	0
19 - -	15	10	17	5	19	0	20	7	22	2	25	4	28	6
20 - -	16	8	18	4	20	0	21	8	23	4	26	8	30	0