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The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.

A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.

Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them. The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. Br…

ied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S.

Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.); as, to enface drafts with memoranda.

A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.

he surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

Entirely. "Too long to print in entire." Thackeray.

An error or mistake in writing or printing. A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole passage. Cowper.

y; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.

Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men. Jer. Taylor.

A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.

ge), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.

marks. -- Finger post, a guide post bearing an index finger. -- Finger reading, reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind. -- Finger shell (Zoöl.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form. -- Finger sponge (Zoöl.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes,…

aver; a merely decorative figure. The neat characters and flourishes of a Bible curiously printed. Boyle.

Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.