_Soon after_ William Caxton (_the same I suppose who first brought it to_ Oxford) _promoted it to_ London _also, which_ Baker _in his Chronicle_ (_and some others_) _say to have been about the year_ 1471. _but we have scarce any Copies of Books there Printed remaining_ (_that I have seen_) _earlier than the year_ 1480. _And by that time, or soon after, it began to be received in_ Venice, Italy, Germany, _and other places, as appears by Books yet extant, Printed at divers places in those Times. Thus far Dr._ Wallis. _But whoever were the Inventers of this Art, or_ (_as some Authors will have it_) _Science; nay, Science of Sciences_ (_say they_) _certain it is, that in all its Branches it can be deemed little less than a Science: And I hope I say not to much of_ Typographie: _For Dr._ Dee, _in his Mathematical Preface to_ Euclids Elements of Geometrie, _hath worthily taken pains to make_ Architecture _a Mathematical Science; and as a vertual Proof of his own Learned Plea, quotes two Authentique Authors,_ viz. Vitruvius _and_ Leo Baptista, _who both give their descriptions and applause of_ Architecture: _His Arguments are somewhat copious, and the Original easily procurable in the English Tongue; therefore instead of transcribing it, I shall refer my Reader to the Text it self._ _Upon the consideration of what he has said in behalf of_ Architecture, _I find that a_ Typographer _ought to be equally qualified with all the Sciences that becomes an_ Architect, _and then I think no doubt remains that_ Typographie _is not also a Mathematical Science_. _For my own part, I weighed it well in my thoughts, and find all the accomplishments, and some more of an_ Architect _necessary in a_ Typographer: _and though my business be not Argumentation, yet my Reader, by perusing the following discourse, may perhaps satisfie himself, that a_ Typographer _ought to be a man of Sciences_. _By a_ Typographer, _I do not mean a_ Printer, _as he is Vulgarly accounted, any more than Dr._ Dee _means a_ Carpenter _or_ Mason _to be an_ Architect: _But by a_ Typographer, _I mean such a one, who by his own Judgement, from solid reasoning with himself, can either perform, or direct others to perform from the beginning to the end, all the Handy-works and Physical Operations relating to_ Typographie. _Such a_ Scientifick _man was doubtless he who was the first Inventer of_ Typographie; _but I think few have succeeded him in Science, though the number of_ Founders _and_ Printers _be grown very many: Insomuch that for the more easie managing of_ Typographie, _the Operators have found it necessary to devide it into several Trades, each of which (in the strictest sence) stand no nearer related to_ Typographie, _than_ Carpentry _or_ Masonry, _&c. are to_ Architecture. _The several devisions that are made, are_,