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RIESSINGER'S PRESS AT ROME. 321 to whose second accredited type the type of the Jerome bears a very strong family likeness. Riessinger he not unnaturally left out of account altogether, the more so as he was quite positive that the latter's first type was not identical with the Jerome type ' extremely like, but not the same,' he remarks, ' small differences abound, e.g. & (Riessinger 2), double hyphen (none), very small h (larger), N reversed (right way), no 3 (frequent) ; the dot of i differs.' This statement, however, though it might be thought conclusive when put forth by so high an authority as Pro6tor, is only partially corredt. The credit of challenging it belongs to M. Fava and G. Bresciano of Naples, who, in their recently issued volumes on Neapolitan incunabula, 1 vehemently reassert the identity of Riessinger's type and that of the Jerome. A close examination of the three examples of Riessinger's first type in the British Museum has now shown that there are two states of it one exhibiting all the distinctions noted by Prodtor, while the other (clearly earlier) is identical with the Jerome type. As two of the three books in question are signed with Riessinger's name in full and the third with his initials, and as moreover no place-name is found in any of the eight recorded books printed with the type, we need have no further hesitation in affirming that Riessinger before he settled down at Naples had for some time been actively engaged in printing at Rome. A full discussion of the 1 < La Stampa a Napoli nel xv. Secolo.' Two parts and an atlas of facsimiles. (Heft 32 and 33 of the * Sammlung bibliotheks- wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten.')