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Page 119

Presswork

The earliest presswork voucher is datable as 26 June 1701, the last is dated 28 February 1702. See The Cambridge University Press, i. 126 n. 3 and 127 for an analysis and discussion of the skeleton-formes and the validity of inferring compositorial stints, or the number of presses used, from the number or pattern of skeleton-formes. It is probable that there were three actual printing presses in alternate and/or concurrent use during the printing of Psyche; a fourth was put into working order in January 1702. The only doubtful claim relates to 2S½ which was claimed both by Coldenhoff and Ponder and by Brown and Terrill. As Terrill was not using a press-figure in this book it is impossible to confirm his claim. It is here presumed to be a slip by Coldenhoff and Ponder for 2T½, otherwise unclaimed.

               
Ponder alone: 
Isburn )
Ponder) 
B - Q½, R - T½, U¾ - 2B 
Coldenhoff alone:  Q½, T½ - U¼ 
Pokins )
Ponder) 
2C - 2H½ 
Coldenhoff)
Ponder) 
2H½, 2I¾, 2M½, 2R½, [2T½], 2U½, b½ 
Brown alone:  2I¼, 2K - 2L, 2M½ - 2Q½ 
Brown)
Terrill) 
2R½ - 2T½ 
Terrill alone:  2U½, 2X - 3A, a - b½ 
Skeleton-formes used to impose pages with high ratios of spaced: unspaced commas may be indicated briefly here:

  • Skeleton 1: D3v, E3v, F2v-F3, G2, I1-I4v, I2v—I3, K4v, L1, P1, Q1, U3, X2, Y2, Z1
  • Skeleton 2: D1, E1, K2v-K3, L2v-L3, P2
  • Skeleton 3: D4, E4, F4, G4v, H4, P1v, Q1v, U4, Y4
  • Skeleton 4: G3, H2v-H3, X3, Z3v, 2A2v