The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-01

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| twenty different works appeared. In
the latter. year, two of Fausts work
men commenced in Paris, whittier
they were followed by Others. Presses
were soon after set up in Florence and
in Venice, and the Italian printers
displayed such industry, that between
the years 1741 aud 1880, according to
Panzer, upwards of twelve hundred
volumes were printed by them, above
two hundred of which were editions
of ancient authors. The first book
printed in Spain was executed in Va
lencia in 1474, whence the art soon
spread to Barcelona, SaragosSa, Sc
vile and Salamanca. In the low
countries, the progress was yet more
rapid, and in the course of one gene
ration there was hardly town of any
Importance but possessed its printing
office, and books began everywhere to
be multiplied with astonishing rapidi-
ty. In France, the women were
AMONG the first who exccllcd as print
crs. Charlotte G,lillard, who com
menccd in 1890, and kept several
presses at work for fifty years, printed
Il large number of very correct editions
both i'll Latin and Greek. She was
patronizcd by the learned Lewis Lip
pcmaa, Bishop of Verona, who gave
her his principal works to print
William Caxton, who was born in
1412, first introduced the art into
England. He visited the Low Coun-
tries in 1442, and continued abroad for
thirty years, during which he mastered
the printing art. While at Cologne, he
translated his "Recuel lie pI1isfoi,.e lie
71oye," and published it. He returned
to England soon after, bringing with
him the necessary apparatus for print
ing, and settled at Westminster, under
the patronage of the abbot. Hoe, in
l474, he produced the first specimen
of English Typography, ''The Game
of Chess" This was followed, in
i477, by his edition of 'eDictes and
Sayings" translated from the Latin
by the unfortunate Lord Rivers. Cax-
ton pursued his craft for ten years,
printing in all sixty-four different
works. He is supposed to have died
In l491. Contemporary with Caxton
was John Ietton, who was afterwards
joined by William Machlinia; they are
said to be the first law-printcrs in
England CaXton was succeeded by
Wynken de Worde, who printed, be
tween the years 1491 and 1884, above
four hundred works. Richard Pvson,
who first took the title of kings print
er, produced, between 1893 and 1881,
two hundred and ten works. Julian
| Notary, between 1899 and 1915, print
ed twenty-three.
! In 1880, press was set up at ST.
Adams. Between that date and 1lS5,
the art was introduced at Oxford by
Theodore Rood, in partnership with
John Hunt. In 1907, james ~.
granted q patent for printing to Wal
ter Chapman, OF Edinburgh. In 1909,
presses were at work both in Aberdeen
and in York. John Sibcrt first carried
the art to Cambridge, and printed
there, in 1921 works in Latin,
Greek and English. The printing
press found its way into Wales as early
at least rs 1887, and it may be reason
ably supposed that by this time 1t had
established itself throughout the co,ln-
Try wherever there was IL demand for
its services.
/ 1t is remarkable that the art OF print
ing seems to have suffered dcclcnsion
soon after its discovery. The type Of
the first works printed, that OF the
Mazarin Bible, for instance, WAS supe-
rior to much that WAS manufactured
at 4 later date; and the oldest Speci-
mems OF Greek printing are creditahly
done, while some ut later period are
so defor1ncd as to be nearly illegible.
The first volume entirely of Greek was
Lascari's Grammar, by Denis de Pa.
raiveino and Dominic de Vespolate,
the type of which is elegant. The
Milanese, by the excellence Of then
Greek printing, aroused the jealousy
of the Venetians, who sought to rival
them; and in course of time, Greek
works were produced in various parts
| OF the continent, as well as in Eng