CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS I THE COLOPHON'S REASON FOR EXISTENCE IV PRINTERS' COLOPHONS IN OTHER TOWNS VI COLOPHONS OF AUTHORS AND EDITORS VII REPETITIONS, THEFTS, AND ADAPTATIONS Transcriber’s Note: The following presumed errors have been corrected in the text. Page 107, “1457” changed to “1497” (printed by Geoffroy de Marnef in 1497) Page 154, “precedette” changed to “procedette” (non diligente impressore procedette) Page 162, “rari” changed to “rara” (Cum quondam fuerit copia rara tui.) Footnote 4, “nome” changed to “nomen” (Enee Siluio nomen erat) and “incolaru” changed to “incolam” (de Lubeck Colonie incolam) Index entry for Indictions, page reference “70” changed to “170” The Publication Committee of the Caxton Club certifies that this copy of “An Essay on Colophons” is one of an edition consisting of two hundred and fifty-two copies on French hand-made paper and three copies on imperial Japanese paper, printed from type, and completed in the month of August, nineteen hundred and five. AN ESSAY ON COLOPHONS Logo of the Caxton Club AN WITH SPECIMENS BY AND AN INTRODUCTION BY Logo of the Caxton Club CHICAGO Copyright, 1905, by |