| Source | Configuration of the empty case | Lay of the type in the case |
| Wolffger, Neu-auffgesetztes Format-Büchlein, 1673, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 | |
| Vietor & Redinger, Neu-auffgesetztes Format-Büchlein, 1679, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Roman Single | Roman Single |
|
| Moxon, Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing, London, 1683, edited Davis & Carter 1958, 2nd ed 1962, Dover, New York, reprint 1978 | |
| de Paredes, Institvción y Origen del Arte de la Imprenta (c.1680), edited Moll, El Crotalòn, Madrid, 1984 | |
| Fertel, La science practique de l'imprimerie, 1723, reprinted Gregg, Farnborough, Hants, 1971 | |
| Gessner, Die so nöthig als nützliche Buchdruckerkunst und Schriftgiesserey, 1740, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Fraktur | Fraktur |
| Roman | Roman |
| Gothic | Gothic |
| Greek | Greek |
| Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Arabic | Arabic |
|
| Diderot, Encylopedia, 1751-1780 | |
| Smith, The Printers Grammar, 1755, London, reprinted Gregg, Farnborough 1965, and also Thoemmes, Bristol 1998 | |
| Luckombe, The History and Art of Printing, 1771, reprinted Gregg, Farnborough, Hants, 1965 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Upper |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | Lower |
| Proposed Fount Lower | Proposed Fount Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Greek Upper as Smith 1755) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Greek Lower as Smith 1755) |
|
| Castillon, L'Art de l'imprimerie dans sa veritable intelligence, 1783, in Gaskell et al, An annotated list of printers' manuals to 1850, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 4, London, 1968 | |
| Stower, The Printer's Grammar, 1808, reprinted Gregg, London, 1965 | |
| Sigüenza Y Vera, Mecanismo del Arte de la Imprenta, 1811, reprinted Almarabu, 1992 | |
| Van Winkle, The Printers' Guide, 1818, New York, reprinted Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1970 | |
| Zweijgardt, De Bockdrukkerij, 1822, ed. Janssen & Bouman, Enschede/Grafisch Studie-Centrum, Netherlands, 1986 | |
| Johnson, Typographia, London, 1824 | |
| Hansard, Typographia, 1825, reprinted Thoemmes, Bristol, 1998 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Old Upper almost Smith No.2 1755 |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Old Lower as Luckombe 1771) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Present Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Present Lower |
| (Fount Upper as Stower 1808) |
| (Fount Lower as Stower 1808) |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) |
| Greek Lower Case | Greek Lower |
| (Common as Moxon Upper 1683) | Hebrew Common |
| (Hebrew as van Winkle Common 1818) | (Hebrew as Johnson Common 1824) |
| (Hebrew+Points as Johnson Hebrew Lower 1824) |
| (Stanhope Upper as Johnson 1824) |
| (Stanhope Lower as Johnson 1824) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Script Upper |
| (Lower as Moxon Upper 1683) | Script Lower |
|
| Colenso (1835) in McKenzie, Oral culture, literacy & print in early New Zealand: the Treaty of Waitangi, Wellington, New Zealand, 1985 | |
| Timperley, The Printers' Manual, London, 1838 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Old Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Old Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | New Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | New Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hebrew Upper |
| (Hebrew Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Hebrew Lower |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Greek Upper |
| (Greek Lower as Stower 1808) | Greek Lower |
|
| Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, London, 1841, and also reprinted Thoemmes, Bristol, 1998 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Hebrew Lower | Hebrew Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hebrew Upper |
| (Moxon Upper as Moxon 1683 |
| (Moxon Lower as Moxon 1683) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Smith Upper No.1 as Smith 1755) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Smith Lower No.1 as Smith 1755) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Smith Upper No.3 as Smith 1755) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Smith Lower No.3 as Smith 1755) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Pre f Upper as Luckombe 1771) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Pre f Lower as Luckombe 1771) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Present Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Present Lower |
| (Stanhope Upper as Johnson 1824) |
| (Stanhope Lower as Johnson 1824) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Edinburgh Upper |
| Edinburgh Lower | Edinburgh Lower |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Dublin Lower |
| Domesday Upper | Domesday Upper |
| Domesday Lower | Domesday Lower |
| German Roman | German Roman |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Old Greek Upper |
| Old Greek Lower | Old Greek Lower |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | New Greek Upper |
| New Greek Lower | New Greek Lower |
| Music Upper | Music Upper |
| Music Lower | Music Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Saxon Upper |
| Saxon Lower | Saxon Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Script Upper |
| Script Lower | Script Lower |
|
| Adams, Typographia, Philadelphia, 1844, reprinted Garland, 1981 | |
| van Cleef, Handboek ter beoefening der boekdrukkunst in Nederland, 'sGravenhage, 1844, reprinted van Heusden, Amsterdam, 1974 | |
| van der Veen, 1852 in Schook, Handboekje voor Letterzetters, Boekdrukkers en Correctors, Gorinchem, 1860 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Lower as Zweijgardt no.2 1822) | Onderkas |
|
| Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, London, 1853 | |
| Adams, Typographia, 1854 cited by McPharlin, Typophile Chapbook VII, 1942 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Upper Case |
|
| Schook, Handboekje voor Letterzetters, Boekdrukkers en Correctors, Gorinchem, 1860 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Lower as Zweijgardt no.2 1822) | (Onderkas see van de Veen above |
|
| MacKellar, The American Printer, Philadelphia, 2nd ed. 1866 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | American Upper |
| (Lower as Van Winkle 1818) | American Lower |
| New Lower | New Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | German Upper |
| German Lower | German Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hebrew Upper |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Hebrew Lower |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Greek Upper |
| Greek Lower | Greek Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Saxon Upper |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Saxon Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Music Upper |
| Music Lower | Music Lower |
| Music Side | Music Side |
|
| Miller & Richard, List of Presses & Materials, Edinburgh, 1870 |
| The following cases are listed, but are not illustrated: |
| Common (in pairs, English or Scotch) |
| Double, Treble, Four Fount, Six Fount |
| Music, Fount, Large Letter, etc |
|
| Harpel, Typograph or Book of Specimens, Cincinatti, 1870 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Almost Adams 1854 |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (American Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| American Job | |
| Triple | |
|
| MacKellar, The American Printer, Philadelphia, 5th ed. 1870, and also 6th ed. 1871 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (New Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (German Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (German Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Hebrew Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Hebrew Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| Hebrew Common | Hebrew Common |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Greek Upper |
| Greek Lower | Greek Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Saxon Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Saxon Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Music Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Music Lower and Side as MacKellar 1866) |
|
| Ringwalt, American Encyclopaedia of Printing, Philadelphia, 1871 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| California Lower | California Lower |
| Rooker Upper | Rooker Upper |
| Rooker Lower | Rooker Lower |
| French Combined | French Combined |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (German Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (German Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | (Greek Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Greek Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Hebrew Upper as Mackellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Hebrew Lower as Mackellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Music Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Music Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Saxon Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Saxon Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
|
| Southward, The Printer's Register, 6 April 1872, in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 | |
| Miller & Richard, Price List, Edinburgh & London, 1873, reprinted Bloomfield, 1974 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | |
| Four Fount | |
| (Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) | |
| Double | |
| Six Fount | |
|
| McCorquodale Double in Southward, The Printer's Register, 6 Dec 1875, in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 | |
| Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, as on view in 1998, and probably dating pre 1876 | |
| Joseph Gould, The letter-press printer: a complete guide to the art of printing, London, 1876 | |
| Blades, The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, 1877 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Caxton | Caxton |
|
| Curtis & Mitchell, Reduced Price List of Types, Borders, Cuts, Rules and other Printing Materials, Boston, n.d. [c.1878] |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Upper Case |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Lower Case |
| (Job as Harpel 1870) | |
| (Triple as Harpel 1870) | |
|
| Lefevre, Guide Practique du Compositeur d'Imprimerie, Paris, 1880, reprinted Gregg, 1972 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Script Upper | Ecriture d'Anglaise |
| Script Lower | Ecriture d'Anglaise |
| Ronde Upper | Ronde Upper |
| Ronde Lower | Ronde Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Haut de Casse |
| (Lower as Diderot 1751) | Bas de Casse |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Haut de Casse Nouvelle |
| Bas de Casse | Bas de Casse Nouvelle |
| Haut de Casse | Plain-chant |
| Bas de Casse | Plain-chant |
| Haut de Casse | Grecque |
| Bas de Casse | Grecque |
| Haut de Casse | Allemande |
| Bas de Casse | Allemande |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Polonaise |
| Bas de Casse | Polonaise |
| (Haut as Allemande above) | Copte |
| Bas de Casse | Copte |
| Haut de Casse | Russe |
| Bas de Casse | Russe |
| Haut de Casse | 1st de l'Arabe |
| Bas de Casse | 1st de l'Arabe |
| Haut de Casse | 2nd de l'Arabe |
| Bas de Casse | 2nd de l'Arabe |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hébraïque |
| Bas de Casse | Hébraïque |
| (Spanish described in text as using French case and lay) |
| (Portugese described in text as using French case and lay) |
|
| Gould, The Letter-press Printer, London, 2nd ed. 1881 | Same as in Gould 1876 |
| Southward, Practical Printing, London, 1882 | |
| Pozzoli, Nuovo manuale di tipografia, 1882, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 | |
| Southward, Practical Printing, London, 2nd ed. 1884 |
| As Southward 1882 but omitting Mackie and Spurrell, and adding |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| French Single | French Single |
| French Fancy | French Fancy |
|
| Palmer & Rey, New Specimen Book, 2nd ed. 1884, in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 | |
| Fournier, Traite de Typographie, 1885 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Upper | |
| Lower | |
|
| MacKellar, The American Printer, 15th ed. 1885, reprinted Berliner, Nevada City, 1977 |
As MacKellar 1870
but with the addition of |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Job as Harpel 1870) | |
| (Triple as Harpel 1870) | |
| and with different |
| Music Upper | Music Upper |
| Music Lower | Music Lower |
| Music Side | Music Side |
|
| Simons case (1885-90) illustrated in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (California Job as Palmer & Rey 1884) | |
| (Italic as Harpel Job 1870) | |
|
| Curtis & Mitchell, Price List of Types, Borders, Cuts, Printing Machinery and other Printing Material, Boston, 1886 | |
| Southward, Practical Printing, London, 3rd ed. 1887 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Old Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Old Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Improved Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Improved Lower |
Double (49uc)
(and 42uc and 35uc in text) | |
| (Six Fount as in M&R 1873) | |
| Half Case | |
| Treble, Four Fount and Sanspareil described in text | |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (American Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (American Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Times Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | (Times Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Provincial Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | (Provincial Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Improved Double as Southward 1882) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (German Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (German Lower as MacKellar 1866) | (German Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Hebrew Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Hebrew Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | (Greek Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Greek Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Music Upper and Lower as Southward 1882) |
|
| Gould, The Letter-press Printer, London, 4th ed. 1888 | Same as in Gould 1876 |
| MacKellar, The American Printer, Philadelphia, 17th ed. 1889 | Same as in MacKellar 1885 |
Continue to 1890 onwards
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