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The "Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature, For March 1796.
THE "FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE : AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE , FOR MARCH 1796 .
— , « a « # « S ^ g ®^^ g !© S * =-- MRS . ELIZABETH CASLON ,
AVITH A PORTRAIT . THE name of CASLON has for near a century past been intimately connected with literature . . The first of this familwho distinguished himself by
unperson y common skill in the art of Type-founding was Mr . William Caslon , a native of Hales Owen in Shropshire , where he was born in-the year 1692 . At what time he arrived in London we have not heard ; but-when of proper age he was apprenticed- to an engraver of ornaments on gun-barrel ? , and at the expiration of his term he set up in that business , in Vine Street , near the Minbries .
Though much esteemed for his workmanship ,-Mr . C . did not , however , confine his attention to that single branch of business , but employed himself likeAyise in making tools for bookbinders , and for the chasing of silver plate . It happened about this , time " that the-elder-Mr . BoAvyer , a . name eA'er to be venerated among printers and men of literature ,-accidentally observed in a bookseller ' s shop a bound book , the lettering on the back of which seemed to him to be executed with more than
common neatness ; and on inquiry finding Mr . Casloii to be the artist by whom the letters had been cut , he was induced to seek an acquaintance with him . Not long after , Mr . Bowyer took Mr . Caslon to Mr . James ' s Foundry in Bartholomew Close . Mr . Caslon had never before that time seen any part of the business ; and being asked by his friend if he thought he could undertake to ' cut types , he requested a single day to consider the matterand then replied , that he had no
, doubt but lie could . Upon this answer Mr . Bowyer , Mr . Bettenham , and , Mr . AVatts lent him £$ 00 . to begin the undertaking ; and he app lied himself to it with equal industry and success . . In 1720 , the Society for promoting Christian KnoAvledge deemed it expedient to print , for the use of the Eastern Churches , the NOAV Testament and Psalter in the Arabic language . These were intended
for the benefit of the poor Christians in Palestine , Syria , Mesopotamia ; Arabia , and Egypt ; the constitution of which countries did not permit the exercise of the art of Printing . Upon this occasion Mr . Caslon Avas pitched upon to cut the fount , —distinguished in his specimens by the name of English Arabic . After he had finished this fount VOL . vi . ' v z ¦ '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The "Freemasons' Magazine: And Cabinet Of Universal Literature, For March 1796.
THE "FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE : AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE , FOR MARCH 1796 .
— , « a « # « S ^ g ®^^ g !© S * =-- MRS . ELIZABETH CASLON ,
AVITH A PORTRAIT . THE name of CASLON has for near a century past been intimately connected with literature . . The first of this familwho distinguished himself by
unperson y common skill in the art of Type-founding was Mr . William Caslon , a native of Hales Owen in Shropshire , where he was born in-the year 1692 . At what time he arrived in London we have not heard ; but-when of proper age he was apprenticed- to an engraver of ornaments on gun-barrel ? , and at the expiration of his term he set up in that business , in Vine Street , near the Minbries .
Though much esteemed for his workmanship ,-Mr . C . did not , however , confine his attention to that single branch of business , but employed himself likeAyise in making tools for bookbinders , and for the chasing of silver plate . It happened about this , time " that the-elder-Mr . BoAvyer , a . name eA'er to be venerated among printers and men of literature ,-accidentally observed in a bookseller ' s shop a bound book , the lettering on the back of which seemed to him to be executed with more than
common neatness ; and on inquiry finding Mr . Casloii to be the artist by whom the letters had been cut , he was induced to seek an acquaintance with him . Not long after , Mr . Bowyer took Mr . Caslon to Mr . James ' s Foundry in Bartholomew Close . Mr . Caslon had never before that time seen any part of the business ; and being asked by his friend if he thought he could undertake to ' cut types , he requested a single day to consider the matterand then replied , that he had no
, doubt but lie could . Upon this answer Mr . Bowyer , Mr . Bettenham , and , Mr . AVatts lent him £$ 00 . to begin the undertaking ; and he app lied himself to it with equal industry and success . . In 1720 , the Society for promoting Christian KnoAvledge deemed it expedient to print , for the use of the Eastern Churches , the NOAV Testament and Psalter in the Arabic language . These were intended
for the benefit of the poor Christians in Palestine , Syria , Mesopotamia ; Arabia , and Egypt ; the constitution of which countries did not permit the exercise of the art of Printing . Upon this occasion Mr . Caslon Avas pitched upon to cut the fount , —distinguished in his specimens by the name of English Arabic . After he had finished this fount VOL . vi . ' v z ¦ '