sheet of paper; and the heads of the pages on one of them are the
raw edge of the paper, which will cause additional trouble to
the pressman and to the bookbinder, without being attended with
any advantage:--If the compositor have not made his pages up to
a precise length, the pressman will have to unlock the forms and
rectify them, to make register; and the bookbinder will have
to trim each of them with a pair of scissars. It may be avoided
by turning the pages of this slip round, and placing the heads
against the heads of the other signature, if a sheet should be
imposed according to this arrangement. It is certainly inferior
to No. 62.
62. Sheet of Eighteens, with three Signatures, as three Half
Sheets of Twelves. J.--Mas. No. 2 354
This is now the usual method of imposing a sheet of eighteens; it
cuts up equal to three half sheets of twelves, and is the most
convenient mode both to the pressman and bookbinder, as it is in
the regular way of their business.
63. Sheet of Eighteens, with three Signatures. Hebrew 354
64. Sheet of Eighteens, to fold without cutting. L.--St.--J.--H. 355
Luckombe has reversed every page of this sheet in his work, so
that the first page would be at the last end of the sheet, the
same as Hebrew. Smith has a sheet of eighteens under this title,
but it has three Signatures in it.
65. Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 24 pages and 12.
No. 1. Sm.--St.--J.--H. 355
66. Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 24 pages and 12,
as a Sheet of Twelves and Half Sheet of Twelves. No. 2 356
These two last sheets will only be useful when a volume of
eighteens is worked in sheets with one Signature in each, which
is not often done; I should give the preference to No. 2.
67. Half Sheet of Eighteens. Sm.--St.--J.--H.--Mas. 356
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages 11,
8 and 7, 12--put 11 and 8 in the place of 7 and 12; and 7 and 12
in the place of 11 and 8.
68. Half Sheet of Eighteens. Hebrew 356
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 8,
11 and 12, 7, in the same manner as was directed in No. 67.
69. Half Sheet of Eighteens, without transposing the pages.
St.--J.--H. 357
Mr. Stower, in his Printer’s Grammar, says, “We have also given a
plan for imposing a half sheet of eighteens, without transposing
the pages.”
I acknowledge that much time will be saved in the warehouse work,
and that it will be more convenient for the printer to do it in
this manner; but the saving of trouble, and the convenience of
doing work in a particular way, are not always to be attended
to. How will the sheet look when cut up?--There will be three
signatures; the first will have twelve pages, the same as half a
sheet of twelves; the second will consist of two single leaves;
and the third of one leaf, thus having three separate leaves in
a half sheet; that is, six single leaves in a sheet, which are
charged in binding the same as plates. A collection of plays
published separately in eighteens, which is not uncommon, will
when completed contain many half sheets, and, if printed in this
manner, will be a considerable additional expense in binding
a number of complete sets. This will cause dissatisfaction in
the master printer’s employers, as it is a principle that ought
always to be acted on, not to increase the expenditure, when it
can be avoided.
70. Sixteen pages of Eighteens. Sm.--St.--J.--H. 357
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 7,
10 and 9, 8; put 7 and 10 in the place of 9 and 8; and 9 and 8 in
the place of 7 and 10.
In working sixteen pages, or eight pages, of eighteens, there
will be two blank pages in each half of the sheet, except it be
filled up with advertisements, catalogue, or other matter.
71. Half a Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 16 pages and 2 357
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 7,
10 and 9, 8, as in No. 70.
72. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 14 pages and 4 357
After the white paper is printed off, transpose the four pages,
37, 40 and 39, 38, as directed in No. 70.
73. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 12 pages and 6 358
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 13,
18 and 17, 14, as directed in No. 70.
74. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 10 pages and 8 358
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 73,
80 and 79, 74, as directed in No. 70.
75. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with two Signatures. 8 pages and 8 358
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 37,
44 and 43, 38, as directed in No. 70.
76. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with three Signatures. 10 pages, 4,
and 4 358
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 73,
76 and 75, 74, as directed in No. 70.
77. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with three Signatures. 8 pages, 8,
and 2 359
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, 37,
44 and 43, 38, as directed in No. 70.
78. Half Sheet of Eighteens, with four Signatures. Four times
4 pages 359
After the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages,
85, 88 and 87, 86, as directed in No. 70.
In printing collections of plays in eighteens, where each play
has separate folios, fragments in every variety arise. When one
of four pages occurs, it will perhaps be adviseable, if the
number be large, and the presswork not in a forward state, to
make a full form of them, by setting the matter up five times:
when the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages, as
directed in No. 70.; also take out the first and fourth pages of
one of the portions of four pages which occupy the place of the
two blanks in No. 78, and put the third and the second in their
place.
79. Sheet of Twenties. No. 1. L.--St.--J.--H. 359
I do not approve of this arrangement; for the sheet cuts into
five slips, four of which are insets--otherwise they must have
five different signatures.
80. Sheet of Twenties. No. 2 360
After the offcut is separated, the first and second folds of the
remainder are the same as a duodecimo.
81. Sheet of Twenties. No. 3 360
After the offcut is separated, the first and second folds of the
remainder are the same as a Quarto. I have placed the first
signature of the offcut in the inner form, for the reason
assigned in No. 23.
This and the preceding arrangement are preferable to No. 1, as
there is only one offcut in each, which is inserted in the middle
when folded; the other pages are imposed as a sheet of sixteens.
82. Sheet of Twenties, with two Signatures. 32 pages and 8 361
83. Sheet of Twenties, with two Signatures. 24 pages and 16 361
84. Two Half Sheets of Twenties, worked together 362
85. Half a Sheet of Twenties 362
86. Half a Sheet of Twenties, with two Signatures. 16 pages and
4 J. 362
87. Half a Sheet of Twenties, with two Signatures. 12 pages and 8 363
88. Two Half Sheets of Twenty-fours, worked together 363
What Stower calls Twenty-fours are longer and narrower than what
he calls Long Twenty-fours: I have reversed the terms, and called
his Twenty-fours, Long Twenty-fours, and vice versâ.
89. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours. No. 1 364
90. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours. No. 2. Sm.--St.--J.--H. 364
These four writers term this arrangement of the pages, ‘the
Sixteen-way.’
The difference between No. 1. and No. 2. is, that, when the inset
is taken off, the first fold of No. 1. is in the head; and that
of No. 2. is in the back, as a sheet of octavo.
91. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours, to fold without cutting. L.--S. 365
92. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours, with two Signatures. 20 pages
and 4 365
93. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours, with two Signatures. 16 pages
and 8. L.--St.--J.--H. 366
94. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours, with three Signatures. 8 pages
each 366
95. Quarter of a Sheet of Twenty-fours. H. 366
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four middle
pages; put 5 in the place of 7,--6 in the place of 8,--7 in the
place of 5,--and 8 in the place of 6.
96. Two Half Sheets of Twenty-fours, worked together. Hebrew 367
97. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours. Hebrew. No. 1 368
98. Half a Sheet of Twenty-fours. Hebrew. No. 2 368
99. Two Half Sheets of Long Twenty-fours, worked together.
Sm.--L.--St.--J.--H. 369
Luckombe has transposed the pages of this table in his work. I
have put the first page of the second signature in the inner
form, which causes it to rise better in collating and folding:
Stower has it in the outer.
100. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours. No. 1 369
101. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours. No. 2. L.--St.--J.--H. 370
102. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours, to fold without cutting.
L.--St.--J.--H. 370
103. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours, with two Signatures.
20 pages and 4 370
104. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours, with two Signatures.
16 pages and 8. Sm.--L.--St.--J.--H. 371
Luckombe has placed the foot of each page where the head should
be, in the range commencing with page 1.
105. Two Half Sheets of Long Twenty-fours, worked together. Hebrew 371
106. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours. Hebrew. No. 1 372
107. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours. Hebrew. No. 2 372
108. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours, with two Signatures.
20 pages and 4. Hebrew 372
109. Half a Sheet of Long Twenty-fours, with two Signatures.
16 pages and 8. Hebrew 373
110. Two Half Sheets of Square Twenty-fours, worked together 373
111. Half a Sheet of Square Twenty-fours. L.--St.--J. 374
112. Sheet of Thirty-twos. No. 1 374
113. Sheet of Thirty-twos. No. 2. L.--St.--J.--H. 375
In my opinion No. 1. is a more preferable method of imposing a
sheet of 32mo. than No. 2.; as the sheet in the first instance
folds into the regular folio, then into quarto, octavo, square
sixteens, and thirty-twos; whereas No. 2. folds into long folio,
quarto, long octavo, &c.
Both of them would be inconvenient, except for children’s books,
tracts, and other temporary articles; as sixty-four pages in one
signature would be too many to fold neatly for book work, for
such purpose I should prefer four signatures in the sheet, each
of which would be equal to a sheet of octavo.
114. Two Half Sheets of Thirty-twos, worked together 376
115. Sheet of Thirty-twos, with two Signatures. 48 pages and 16 377
The sheet in the first instance cuts up in the regular fold; the
half sheet with signature B in it, folds into quarto, octavo,
square sixteens, and thirty-twos; the other half sheet cuts
up lengthways into two equal parts, containing sixteen pages
each, one of which is an inset for signature B, the other forms
signature C.
116. Sheet of Thirty-twos, with two Signatures. 40 pages and 24 378
The sheet cuts up in the regular fold, and the half sheet folds
as No. 115.; the other half sheet cuts in two lengthways, one of
which contains sixteen pages of signature C; the other sixteen
pages cut in two, eight pages of which are an inset for signature
B, the other eight are an inset for signature C.
117. Sheet of Thirty-twos, with four Signatures. 16 pages in each.
Sm.--St.--J.--H. 379
I have arranged the signatures of this sheet differently from
the preceding writers. They have the two first signatures on
different half sheets: I have placed them on the same half sheet,
and the third and fourth signatures on the other half sheet, so
as to cause them to rise in a regular way.
This sheet is equal to four sheets of octavo; two of which are
imposed on each side of the long crosses in a pair of chases:
eight pages of the first signature, the same as the outer form
of a sheet of octavo, are laid down in the left hand quarter of
a chase, the other eight pages, similar to the inner form of a
sheet of octavo, are laid down in the right hand quarter of the
other chase; the fourth signature is imposed in the two other
quarters, which will lie together as the chases are upon the
imposing stone; the second and third signatures are imposed in a
similar manner on the other sides of the long crosses.
118. Half a sheet of Thirty-twos. L.--St.--J.--H. 380
119. Half a Sheet of Thirty-twos, with two Signatures.
24 pages and 8 380
120. Half a Sheet of Thirty-twos, with two Signatures.
20 pages and 12 380
121. Half a Sheet of Thirty-twos, with four Signatures. 16 pages,
8 pages, 4 pages, and 4 pages. J.--H. 381
122. Two Quarter Sheets of Thirty-twos, worked together.
Sm.--L.--St.--J.--H. 381
123. Sheet of Thirty-sixes, with three Signatures 382
This sheet perfects the same as a twelves. It cuts into three
equal parts across the sheet, each portion of which contains all
the pages in the signature.
124. Sheet of Thirty-sixes, with six Signatures 383
This sheet cuts up into portions of eight pages and four pages
each, the four pages forming an inset; so as to make each
signature equal to a half sheet of twelves.
125. Sheet of Thirty-sixes, with two Signatures. 60 pages and 12 384
126. Two Half Sheets of Thirty-sixes, worked together 385
127. Half a Sheet of Thirty-sixes. L.--St.--J.--H. 386
128. Half a sheet of Thirty-sixes, to fold without cutting.
L.--St.--J.--H. 386
129. Half a Sheet of Thirty-sixes, with three Signatures 387
This form perfects as an octavo. It folds as three half sheets of
twelves.
130. Half a Sheet of Thirty-sixes, with two Signatures. 24 pages
and 12. Sm.--St.--J.--H. 387
This form perfects as an octavo. The three last writers, in their
works on printing, have made the middle twelve pages perfect foot
to foot, so that they will be cut out at the head, and fold at
the foot; I have reversed them, to cause them to be cut out at
the foot, and fold at the head.
131. Two Quarter Sheets of Thirty-sixes, worked together 388
When the white paper is worked off, transpose the four pages,
11, 8, and 7, 12, in signature B, and 29, 26, and 25, 30, in
signature C, in the manner directed in No. 67. (half sheet of
eighteens), for each of these quarter sheets is similar in
arrangement to that form.
132. Half a Sheet of Forties. No. 1. L.--St.--J.--H. 388
The sheet cuts up into five slips of one page in depth, four of
which are insets; it appears to me an inconvenient method, which
I have endeavoured to improve in the next article. It perfects as
an octavo.
133. Half a Sheet of Forties. No. 2 389
In this arrangement the paper folds in the regular way, first
into folio, then into quarto, octavo, sixteens, and thirty-twos,
with one inset of eight pages. In my opinion it is preferable to
the preceding method. It perfects as an octavo.
134. Half a Sheet of Forties, with two Signatures. 32 pages and 8 389
The arrangement of the 32 pages is the same as for half a sheet
of thirty-twos, in No. 118. The 8 pages of signature C form the
offcut.
135. Half a Sheet of Forties, with two Signatures. 24 pages and 16 390
136. Half a sheet of Forties, with three Signatures. 16 pages,
16 pages, and 8 390
137. Two Quarter Sheets of Forties, worked together 391
138. Half a Sheet of Forty-eights, with three Signatures.
Sm.--St.--J.--H. 391
These writers have placed the first signatures on the different
half sheets; I have placed them on the same half sheet. It is
similar in the arrangement of the pages to three sheets of
octavo, and perfects the same as a form of twelves.
139. Quarter of a Sheet of Forty-eights. L.--St.--J.--H. 392
The same arrangement of the pages as a sheet of twelves, and
perfects as such.
140. Quarter of a Sheet of Forty-eights, to fold without cutting.
L.--St.--J.--H. 392
It is the same as a sheet of twelves without cutting.
141. Two Quarter Sheets of Forty-eights, worked together. No. 1 392
These are equal to two sheets of twelves, and are arranged on
each side of the short cross, and perfect as a twelves.
142. Two Quarter Sheets of Forty-eights, worked together. No. 2.
L.--St.--J.--H. 393
These two quarter sheets are arranged on each side of the long
cross, and perfect as an octavo.
143. Quarter of a Sheet of Forty-eights, with two Signatures.
16 pages and 8. L.--St.--J.--H. 393
Stower imposes this form in three slips, and makes one of them an
inset; and the slip with the first signature, has the heads of
the pages to the raw edge of the paper: I have arranged the 16
pages as a sheet of octavo, and the 8 pages of signature C form
the offcut.
144. Half a Sheet of Sixty-fours 394
However much I disapprove of the arrangement of the pages in
many of the Tables of Imposition in Luckombe’s and Stower’s
works, on account of the uncustomary and inconvenient manner of
the paper folding, yet I have given all that are in their books
thus far, for the reason I stated in page 328; but when we come
to sixty-fours, a size that is seldom printed, I think it is
unnecessary to give more than one mode, and I omit the one that
has been usually given, and insert in its place what I conceive
to be an improvement. The old plan folded into folio, long
quarto, octavo, long sixteens, &c.; the plan here inserted folds
into folio, quarto, octavo, sixteens, &c. in the customary way.
If any printer choose to adopt the other plan, he will find it in
Luckombe, Stower, Johnson, and Hansard.
145. Two Quarter Sheets of Sixty-fours, worked together 394
146. Quarter of a Sheet of Sixty-fours. L.--St.--J.--H. 395
The pages of this form are laid down in the same order as half a
sheet of thirty-twos, No. 118.
147. Quarter of a Sheet of Sixty-fours, with two Signatures.
16 pages in each. L.--St.--J.--H. 395
The pages of this form are laid down in the same order as two
quarter sheets of thirty-twos, worked together, No. 122.
148. Quarter of a Sheet of Sixty-fours, with two Signatures.
24 pages and 8 395
The pages of this form are laid down in the same order as half a
sheet of thirty-twos, with two signatures. 24 pages and 8, No.
119.
149. Half a Sheet of Seventy-twos, with three Signatures.
Sm.--L.--St.--J.--H. 396
I have varied from the old plan of imposing half a sheet of
seventy-twos, nor did I think it of consequence to crowd the
book unnecessarily with giving what I consider inferior modes of
imposing in sizes that rarely occur. This form has been usually
given to cut up into three slips the longest way of the paper; I
have given it in the manner, that when perfected, it will cut up
into six portions, with the pages of each the same as a sheet of
twelves. It perfects as a twelves.
150. Half a Sheet of Seventy-twos, with six Signatures 397
This sheet when perfected cuts up into twelve portions, each of
which is similar in the arrangement of the pages to half a sheet
of twelves.
The fragments of No. 149. will be imposed in the same order as
those of a sheet of twelves; and those of 150, in the same order
as those of half a sheet of twelves.
151. Half a Sheet of Ninety-sixes, with four Signatures 398
When perfected it cuts up into eight portions, each of which is
similar to a sheet of twelves. It perfects as a twelves.
152. Half a Sheet of Ninety-sixes, with six Signatures.
Sm.--L.--St.--J.--H. 399
I have placed the first signatures on the same half sheet; the
preceding writers scattered them on both. It is laid down as six
sheets of octavo, and perfects as an octavo.
153. Half a Sheet of One Hundred and Twenty-eights.
Sm.--L.--St.--J.--H. 400
It is laid down as eight sheets of octavo, and perfects as an
octavo.
IMPOSING STONE.
The stone on which the compositor imposes and corrects his forms. It
was formerly called the _Correcting Stone_.
Imposing stones are of different sizes to suit the business and the
situation in which they are placed, as they require a good light.
Some are made to hold two demy forms, others to hold three royals.
The stone should be of a firm texture, and its upper surface smooth,
so as not to wear the bottom of the types. Imposing stones are
sometimes saturated with oil, to lessen the friction. Their height
is about three feet, and the length of one calculated to contain two
demy forms is five feet, and its width two feet two inches.
The frame on which the stone rests, is fitted up with drawers for
furniture--one of these is for quoins, always the uppermost, one for
side sticks and foot sticks, one for broad and narrow, and one for
wider pieces;--these drawers are sometimes made of the whole width of
the frame, so as to draw out on either side, and sometimes there are
two within this width, one on each side.
Of late years, in some offices, cast iron has been substituted for
stone, the upper surface of which has been turned flat and smooth in
a lathe; and when a large size is wanted, two are attached together.
IMPRESSION HOLDS OUT. _See_ HOLDS OUT.--_M._
IMPRESSION SHEET.
A sheet of stout even paper, that fits exactly, without any play, the
inside of the outer tympan: this sheet is used in fine work to place
the overlays upon next to the parchment, and when a sheet of any work
is thus made ready at a press, the succeeding sheets of the same
work, at the same press, are made ready much more expeditiously,
than if all the overlays have to be placed for each sheet on the
tympan sheet.--_See_ MAKING READY.
IMPRINT.
The name and place of residence of the printer, put to all printed
articles, under the Act of Parliament of 39 George 3. c. 79., with
certain exemptions.
By the Act of the 39th George 3. c. 79., intituled _An Act for
the more effectual Suppression of Societies established for
seditious and treasonable Purposes, and for the better preventing
treasonable and seditious Practices_, s. 27. it is enacted,
“That, from and after the Expiration of forty Days after the
passing of this Act, every Person who shall print any Paper or
Book whatsoever, which shall be meant or intended to be published
or dispersed, whether the same shall be sold or given away, shall
print upon the Front of every such Paper, if the same shall be
printed on one Side only, and upon the first and last Leaves of
every Paper or Book which shall consist of more than one Leaf, in
legible Characters, his, or her Name, and the Name of the City,
Town, Parish, or Place, and also the Name (if any) of the Square,
Street, Lane, Court, or Place, in which his or her Dwelling House
or usual Place of Abode shall be; and every Person who shall omit
so to print his Name and Place of Abode on every such Paper or
Book printed by him, and also every Person who shall publish or
disperse, or assist in publishing or dispersing, either _gratis_
or for Money, any printed Paper or Book, which shall have been
printed after the Expiration of forty Days from the passing of
this Act, and on which the Name and Place of Abode of the Person
printing the same shall not be printed as aforesaid, shall,
for every Copy of such Paper so published or dispersed by him,
forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Pounds.
s. 28. “And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act
contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any Papers
printed by the Authority and for the Use of either House of
Parliament.”
s. 31. “Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall
extend to the Impression of any Engraving, or to the printing by
Letter Press, of the Name, or the Name and Address, or Business
or Profession, of any Person, and the Articles in which he deals,
or to any Papers for the Sale of Estates or Goods by Auction, or
otherwise.”
s. 34. “Provided always, That no Person shall be prosecuted or
sued for any Penalty imposed by this Act, unless such Prosecution
shall be commenced, or such Action shall be brought, within three
Calendar Months next after such Penalty shall have been incurred.”
39 & 40 George 3. c. 95. “An Act to indemnify all Persons who
have printed, published, or dispersed, or who shall publish
or disperse, any Papers printed under the Authority of the
Commissioners or Head Officers of any Publick Boards, from all
Penalties incurred by reason of the Name and Place of Abode of
the Printer of such Papers not being printed thereon.”
Persons who have printed any Papers under the Authority of
Commissioners of Publick Boards, or who have published them, or
shall hereafter publish any Paper so printed before the passing
of this Act, shall be indemnified from any Penalties incurred by
reason of any Offence against the Act of the 39th of George 3.
c. 79., intituled, _An Act for the more effectual Suppression of
Societies established for seditious and treasonable Purposes, and
for the better preventing treasonable and seditious Practices_.
The Act of the 41st George 3. c. 80., is, “An Act to indemnify
all Persons who have printed, published, or dispersed, or who
shall publish or disperse, any Papers printed under the Authority
of any Head Officer of State, or of Publick Boards, or other
Publick Authorities, from all Penalties incurred by reason of the
Name and Place of Abode of the Printer of such Papers not being
printed thereon.”