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ILLUSTRATIONS. Bible of 42 lines Page 13 Catholicon of 1460 17 Contrast of German and Roman characters . . . . . . 19 Roman of Sweinheym and Pannartz, 1465 ..... 20 Roman of Sweinheym and Pannartz, 1467 21 Roman of Ulrich Hahn, 1468 21 Roman of John and Vindelin de Spira, 1469. . . . . . 22 Roman of Ulrich Gering, 1470 22 Roman of Nicholas Jenson, 1470 ........ 23 Italic of Aldus Manutius ......... 27 Italic of Bartholomew Trot . . . . . . . . .29 Imitation of Swash letters ......... 30 Cursive Francois of Granjon . . . . . . . . .32 Tory's method of forming the letters I and K ..... 33 Tory's method of forming the letter Z ....... 35 A contrast of different forms of serifs 38 Explanation of technical words used in describing faces of type . . 39 Page from an Elzevir duodecimo ....... 43 Types attributed to Van Dijck 44 Types of Daniel Elzevir, 1476 45 Imitation of Italic used by John Elzevir, 1659 ..... 47 Imitation of Roman of John Elzevir, 1659 ..... 49 Types of John Brito, 1481 51 Types of Caxton .......... 52