COLOPHONS OF AUTHORS AND EDITORS, 123-158; examples of these in combination with printers’ or publishers’ colophons, 124 sqq.; colophons an outlet for the author’s thankfulness, 125; or his complaints—a grumble at overwork, 127; complaints of printers, 129; apologies for bad Latin, 130; details as to author’s age, 131; an author’s precaution to prevent his colophon being omitted, 132; colophons of William Caxton, 133-138; colophons used to advertise the author, 139 sq.; or to allow editors to depreciate their predecessors, 140 sqq.; colophons of liturgical printers and editors, 145-148; of editors of classical texts, 149-153; allusions to textual difficulties also in modern works, 154; editorial pleas for indulgence, 156; editorial gratitude to helpers, 157; REPETITIONS, THEFTS, AND ADAPTATIONS OF COLOPHONS, 159-169; grammatical errors introduced by thieves, 165; DATES IN COLOPHONS, 170-184; common errors in reading them, 183 sq. Conrad of Westphalia, steals a colophon of Veldener’s, 162. Copyright, possibly more respected in German cities than elsewhere, 17 sq.; at first dependent on courtesy or rules of trade-guilds, 22; secured by ‘privileges,’ 110-120. Corallus, Stephanus, colophon quoted, 109. Cornazanus, Antonius, his verse colophons, 31. Corniger, Franciscus, prints his patron’s poems, 103. Creusner, Fridericus, copies a Valdarfer colophon, 161. Damilas, Demetrio, corrector of the Florentine Homer, 5 sq. Dates in colophons, 170-184. Daubeney, W., urges Caxton to print ‘Charles the Great,’ 99, 136. Deaths of printers, allusions to, in colophons, 36, 71. Demetrio of Milan. See Damilas. Devices, attached to colophons, 82; examples of portraits used as, 84 sq. Diel, Florentinus, his charges against previous editors, 143. Doges, names of, in colophons, 41; list of, 173. Dupré and Gerard, colophon quoted, 179. Easter day, 1470-1521, list of dates on which it fell, 178; French year began with, 179. Editions, number of copies in those first printed at Venice, 32, 34, 37; at Milan, 151 sq. Editors’ and authors’ colophons, 123-158. Eggestein, Heinrich, his books before 1471 not dated, 11. Elementa, Elementatum, meaning of the words, 24-80. England, year used to begin on March 25th in, 176; regnal years of kings (1461-1603), 172. Errors of dating in colophons and in reading them, 183 sq. Floods, allusion to, in a colophon, 167. Florence, colophons of books printed at, 5, 63, 154, 160; Florentine year began on Lady day, 181. Foresti, Jacobus. See Jacobus Bergomensis. Fossa, Evangelio, privilege granted to, for all his writings, 113. France, regnal years of kings (1461-1610), 172. Franciscus, Magister, his verses in Mainz editions of Justinian, 26. Free trade, effect of, on English printing, 110. Freiberg, first book printed at, 67.