I

THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF PRINTING

17

II

ANTIQUE METHODS OF IMPRESSION AND THEIR FAILURE

29

III

THE KEY TO THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY

49

IV

THE IMAGE PRINTS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

69

V

PRINTED AND STENCILED PLAYING CARDS

88

VI

THE CHINESE METHOD OF PRINTING

109

VII

THE EARLY PRINTING OF ITALY

122

VIII

THE INTRODUCTION OF PAPER IN EUROPE

133

IX

THE BOOK-MAKERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES

146

X

THE PREPARATIONS FOR PRINTING

171

XI

BLOCK-BOOKS OF IMAGES WITHOUT TEXT

193

XII

BLOCK-BOOKS OF IMAGES WITH TEXT

230

XIII

THE DONATUS, OR BOY’S LATIN GRAMMAR

254

XIV

THE SPECULUM SALUTIS, OR MIRROR OF SALVATION

264

XV

THE WORKS AND WORKMANSHIP OF AN UNKNOWN PRINTER

282

XVI

THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE SPECULUM WAS PRINTED

308

XVII

THE LEGEND OF LOURENS JANSZOON COSTER

326

XVIII

THE GROWTH OF THE LEGEND

347

XIX

THE DOWNFALL OF THE LEGEND

360

XX

JOHN GUTENBERG AT STRASBURG

375

XXI

GUTENBERG AND HIS EARLIER WORK AT MENTZ

403

XXII

THE LATER WORK OF GUTENBERG

431

XXIII

THE WORK OF PETER SCHŒFFER AND JOHN FUST

449

XXIV

ALLEGED INVENTORS OF PRINTING

480

XXV

THE SPREAD OF PRINTING

492

XXVI

THE TOOLS AND USAGES OF THE FIRST PRINTERS

514

AUTHORITIES CONSULTED

543

INDEX

547