[123] For the whole of his argument see pages 620-692 of his work. His object is to shew the probability that all the four folio editions may have been the work of Veldener at Utrecht. At page 654 he says, “that almost all the types used in the Netherlands have their original in those of the Rhine “Officinen,” is seen from the resemblance of the types of the Brethren of the Common Life at Marienthal on the Rhine, to those of Therhoernen of Cologne, and the Brethren at Brussels. Witness the fac-similes 1, 2, and 3, of Tab. 11, and especially all the fac-similes of Tables 9, 10, 11, and 12, (with the exception of Nos. 4 and 8 of Tab. 12.) Even the types of the _Speculum_ are nothing else than a diminution of the types of the 42-line (Mazarin) Bible, with sundry alterations in the capital letters.--The Dutch work of Ludovicus de Roma, ‘Singularia in causis criminalibus,’ (1471,) is printed with types, which, with the exception of the capital letters, are almost all such exact copies in size and shape of those of the Mazarin Bible, that they could cover each other reciprocally.” [124] “Idée Générale d’une collection complete d’Estampes.” 8vo. _Leips._ 1771. [125] See WETTER, p. 23. [126] M. BERNARD; and P. C. VAN DER MEERSCH, in his “Recherches sur la Vie et les Travaux des Imprimeurs Belges et Néerlandais, établis a l’étranger.” 8vo. _Gand_, 1856:--are here referred to. [127] The manuscript from which these extracts are taken was brought to light by the Abbé Ghesquiere of Cambrai, in the year 1772. See “Esprit des Journaux,” June 1779, Nov. 1779, and April 1780. [128] “Notice sur Colard Mansion, Libraire et Imprimeur de la Ville de Bruges.” 8vo. _Paris_, 1829. [129] M. BERJEAU, in Introduction to Ottley’s Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing, p. xxxvii. [130] The discussion of this subject occupies the last 65 pages of Mr. Ottley’s work, the careful perusal of which will well repay the student of this most interesting branch of archæological research. [131] See _ante_, p. 86. Early Typography. CHAPTER V. THE WORKS OF FAUST AND SCHŒFFER.--LEGEND OF THE PRINTER’S DEVIL.--MONUMENTS IN GERMANY TO GUTENBERG, FAUST AND SCHŒFFER.--SEPARABLE LETTERS FIRST INVENTED IN CHINA.--CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT PRINTED BOOKS.--THE “COMPOSING-STICK” AND “SETTING-RULE.”--EARLY BINDINGS.