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" He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet: and when he showed his master the letters cast from these matrices, Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which... "
Ogilvie's Handy Book of Useful Information and Statistical Tables of ... - Page 48
by John Stuart Ogilvie - 1884 - 128 pages
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 17

1823 - 872 pages
...that the letters might easily be singly cost instead of being cut. He privately cat matrices for the whole alphabet; and when he showed his master the letters cast from these matrices, Fust was so pleased with thecontrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter, Christina,...
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Typographia, Or the Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of ..., Volume 2

John Johnson - 1824 - 732 pages
...that the letters might easily be singly cast, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet : and when he showed his master the...give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed. But there were as many difficulties at first with these letters,...
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Typographia, Or the Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of ..., Volume 2

John Johnson - 1824 - 708 pages
...that the letters might easily be singly cast, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet : and when he showed his master the...Faust was so pleased with the contrivance that he piomised Peter to give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed....
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Typographia, Or the Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of ..., Volume 2

John Johnson - 1824 - 648 pages
...privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet : and when he showed his master the letters cast li inn these matrices, Faust was so pleased with the contrivance...give him his only daughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed. But there were as many difficulties at first with these letters,...
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Typographia, Or the Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of ..., Volume 1

John Johnson - 1824 - 658 pages
...privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet ; and when he showed his master the letters cast from those matrices, Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only (laughter Christina in marriage, a promise which he soon after performed. But there were as many difficulties...
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A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature ...

Charles Henry Timperley - 1839 - 1266 pages
...that the letters might easily be singly cast, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet; and when he showed his master the...that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter, Christiana, in marriage ; a promise which he soon after performed. But there were many difficulties...
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William Caxton: The First English Printer: a Biography

Charles Knight - 1844 - 252 pages
...that the letters might each be singly cast, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet ; and, when he showed his master the letters cast from these matrices, Fust was so THE NEW ART. 79 pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only...
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Cyclopædia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the ...

William Keddie - 1854 - 400 pages
...might easily be singly east, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet. Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter, Christiana, in marriage — a promise which he soon after performed." PUNCTUATION. The dash, or perpendicular...
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The Old Printer and the Modern Press

Charles Knight - 1854 - 350 pages
...that the letters might each be singly cast, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet ; and when he showed his master the letters cast from these matrices, Fust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his only daughter Christina...
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The Boys' and girls' companion for leisure hours, ed. by J. and M ..., Volume 1

1857 - 498 pages
...tl.at Uie letters might each be singly cost, instead of being cut. He privately cut matrices for the whole alphabet ; and when he showed his master the letters cast from thesi1 matrice», Faust was so pleased with the contrivance, that he promised Peter to give him his...
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