Ames, Typographical antiquities, 1749 (4I3v)

Ames’s history of English printing includes an alphabetical index of printers and other persons, followed by this single-page index of subjects. To our eye, this is curiously arranged—why is it not alphabetical? Perhaps because this organization allows the blocks of numbers for each subject heading to remain intact instead of being split over columns.

Ames's history of English printing includes an alphabetical index of printers and other persons, followed by this single-page index of subjects. To our eye, this is curiously arranged---why is it not alphabetical? Perhaps because this organization allows the blocks of numbers for each subject heading to remain intact instead of being split over columns.

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Joseph Ames, Typographical antiquities: being an historical account of printing in England. London: Printed by W. Faden for J. Robinson, 1749. (sig. 4I3v)

Boston Public Library, Z151 .A51 1749x (public domain)

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