| Source | Configuration of the empty case | Lay of the type in the case |
| Engraving by von Werdt, 1639 in Audin, Histoire de l'imprimerie par l'image vol 1, Paris, 1929 | |
| Wolffger, Neu-auffgesetztes Format-Büchlein, 1673, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 (Roman and Fraktur lay only) and also in the facsimile reprinted by Lehrdruckerei der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, 1987 (all lays) | |
| Vietor & Redinger, Neu-auffgesetztes Format-Büchlein, 1679, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 (Roman lay only) and also in the facsimile reprinted by Verlag Renate Raecke c.1983 (all lays) |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Roman Single | Roman Single |
| Greek Single | Greek Single |
| Hebrew Single | Hebrew Single |
| Music Single | Music Single |
|
| Moxon, Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing, London, 1683, edited Davis & Carter 1958, 2nd ed 1962, Dover, New York, reprint 1978 | |
| de Paredes, Institvción y Origen del Arte de la Imprenta (c.1680), edited Moll, El Crotalòn, Madrid, 1984 | |
| Fertel, La science practique de l'imprimerie, 1723, reprinted Gregg, Farnborough, Hants, 1971 | |
| Gessner, Die so nöthig als nützliche Buchdruckerkunst und Schriftgiesserey, 1740, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Fraktur | Fraktur |
| Roman | Roman |
| Gothic | Gothic |
| Greek | Greek |
| Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Arabic | Arabic |
|
| Diderot, Encylopédie, 1751-1780 | |
| Smith, The Printers Grammar, 1755, London, reprinted Gregg, Farnborough 1965, and also Thoemmes, Bristol 1998 | |
| Luckombe, The History and Art of Printing, 1771, reprinted Gregg, Farnborough, Hants, 1965 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Upper |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | Lower |
| Proposed Fount Lower | Proposed Fount Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Greek Upper as Smith 1755) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Greek Lower as Smith 1755) |
|
| Castillon, L'Art de l'imprimerie dans sa veritable intelligence, 1783, in Gaskell et al, An annotated list of printers' manuals to 1850, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 4, London, 1968 | |
| Momoro, Traité élémentaire de l'imprimerie ou le manuel de l'imprimeur, 1793, Paris |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Casseau Superieur |
| (Lower as Diderot 1751) | (Lower not quite as Diderot 1751) |
|
| Bertrand-Quinquet, Traite de l'imprimerie, 1798, Paris |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Diderot 1751) | (Upper as Diderot 1751) |
| (Lower not quite the same as Diderot 1751) | (Lower as Diderot 1751) |
|
| Stower, The Printer's Grammar, 1808, reprinted Gregg, London, 1965 | |
| Sigüenza Y Vera, Mecanismo del Arte de la Imprenta, 1811, reprinted Almarabu, 1992 | |
| Van Winkle, The Printers' Guide, 1818, New York, reprinted Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1970 | |
| Zweijgardt, De Bockdrukkerij, 1822, ed. Janssen & Bouman, Enschede/Grafisch Studie-Centrum, Netherlands, 1986 | |
| Johnson, Typographia, London, 1824 | |
| Hansard, Typographia, 1825, reprinted Thoemmes, Bristol, 1998 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Old Upper almost Smith No.2 1755 |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Old Lower as Luckombe 1771) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Present Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Present Lower |
| (Fount Upper as Stower 1808) |
| (Fount Lower as Stower 1808) |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) |
| Greek Lower Case | Greek Lower |
| (Common as Moxon Upper 1683) | Hebrew Common |
| (Hebrew as van Winkle Common 1818) | (Hebrew as Johnson Common 1824) |
| (Hebrew+Points as Johnson Hebrew Lower 1824) |
| (Stanhope Upper as Johnson 1824) |
| (Stanhope Lower as Johnson 1824) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Script Upper |
| (Lower as Moxon Upper 1683) | Script Lower |
|
| Colenso (1835) in McKenzie, Oral culture, literacy & print in early New Zealand: the Treaty of Waitangi, Wellington, New Zealand, 1985 | |
| Lefèvre, Recueil complet d'impositions, exécutéees en caractères mobiles, suivi d'une nouvelle classification de la casse française Paris, 1838, in Audin, Histoire de l'imprimerie par l'image, Paris, 1929 | |
| Timperley, The Printers' Manual, London, 1838 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Old Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Old Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | New Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | New Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hebrew Upper |
| (Hebrew Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Hebrew Lower |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Greek Upper |
| (Greek Lower as Stower 1808) | Greek Lower |
|
| Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, London, 1841, and also reprinted Thoemmes, Bristol, 1998 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Hebrew Lower | Hebrew Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hebrew Upper |
| (Moxon Upper as Moxon 1683 |
| (Moxon Lower as Moxon 1683) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Smith Upper No.1 as Smith 1755) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Smith Lower No.1 as Smith 1755) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Smith Upper No.3 as Smith 1755) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Smith Lower No.3 as Smith 1755) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Pre f Upper as Luckombe 1771) |
| (Lower as Smith No.1 1755) | (Pre f Lower as Luckombe 1771) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Present Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Present Lower |
| (Stanhope Upper as Johnson 1824) |
| (Stanhope Lower as Johnson 1824) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Edinburgh Upper |
| Edinburgh Lower | Edinburgh Lower |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Dublin Lower |
| Domesday Upper | Domesday Upper |
| Domesday Lower | Domesday Lower |
| German Roman | German Roman |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Old Greek Upper |
| Old Greek Lower | Old Greek Lower |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | New Greek Upper |
| New Greek Lower | New Greek Lower |
| Music Upper | Music Upper |
| Music Lower | Music Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Saxon Upper |
| Saxon Lower | Saxon Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Script Upper |
| Script Lower | Script Lower |
|
| Adams, Typographia, Philadelphia, 1844, reprinted Garland, 1981 | |
| van Cleef, Handboek ter beoefening der boekdrukkunst in Nederland, 'sGravenhage, 1844, reprinted van Heusden, Amsterdam, 1974 | |
| van der Veen, 1852 in Schook, Handboekje voor Letterzetters, Boekdrukkers en Correctors, Gorinchem, 1860 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Lower as Zweijgardt no.2 1822) | Onderkas |
|
| Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, London, 1853 | |
| Adams, Typographia, 1854 cited by McPharlin, Typophile Chapbook VII, 1942 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Upper Case |
|
| Schook, Handboekje voor Letterzetters, Boekdrukkers en Correctors, Gorinchem, 1860 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Lower as Zweijgardt no.2 1822) | (Onderkas see van de Veen above |
|
| MacKellar, The American Printer, Philadelphia, 2nd ed. 1866 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | American Upper |
| (Lower as Van Winkle 1818) | American Lower |
| New Lower | New Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | German Upper |
| German Lower | German Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hebrew Upper |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Hebrew Lower |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Greek Upper |
| Greek Lower | Greek Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Saxon Upper |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Saxon Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Music Upper |
| Music Lower | Music Lower |
| Music Side | Music Side |
|
| Miller & Richard, List of Presses & Materials, Edinburgh, 1870 |
| The following cases are listed, but are not illustrated: |
| Common (in pairs, English or Scotch) |
| Double, Treble, Four Fount, Six Fount |
| Music, Fount, Large Letter, etc |
|
| Harpel, Typograph or Book of Specimens, Cincinatti, 1870 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Almost Adams 1854 |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (American Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| American Job | |
| Triple | |
|
| MacKellar, The American Printer, Philadelphia, 5th ed. 1870, and also 6th ed. 1871 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (New Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (German Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (German Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Hebrew Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Hebrew Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| Hebrew Common | Hebrew Common |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | Greek Upper |
| Greek Lower | Greek Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Saxon Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Saxon Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Music Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Music Lower and Side as MacKellar 1866) |
|
| Ringwalt, American Encyclopaedia of Printing, Philadelphia, 1871 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| California Lower | California Lower |
| Rooker Upper | Rooker Upper |
| Rooker Lower | Rooker Lower |
| French Combination | French Combination |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (German Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (German Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | (Greek Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Greek Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Hebrew Upper as Mackellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Hebrew Lower as Mackellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Music Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Music Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Saxon Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Saxon Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
|
| Southward, The Printer's Register, 6 April 1872, in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 | |
| Miller & Richard, Price List, Edinburgh & London, 1873, reprinted Bloomfield, 1974 | |
| McCorquodale Double in Southward, The Printer's Register, 6 Dec 1875, in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 | |
| Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, as on view in 1998, and probably dating pre 1876 | |
| Joseph Gould, The letter-press printer: a complete guide to the art of printing, London, 1876 | |
| Blades, The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, 1877 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Caxton | Caxton |
|
| Curtis & Mitchell, Reduced Price List of Types, Borders, Cuts, Rules and other Printing Materials, Boston, n.d. [c.1878] |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Upper Case |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | Lower Case |
| (Job as Harpel 1870) | |
| (Triple as Harpel 1870) | |
|
| Lefevre, Guide Practique du Compositeur d'Imprimerie, Paris, 1880, reprinted Gregg, 1972 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Script Upper | Ecriture d'Anglaise |
| Script Lower | Ecriture d'Anglaise |
| Ronde Upper | Ronde Upper |
| Ronde Lower | Ronde Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Haut de Casse |
| (Lower as Diderot 1751) | Bas de Casse |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Haut de Casse Nouvelle |
| Bas de Casse | Bas de Casse Nouvelle |
| Haut de Casse | Plain-chant |
| Bas de Casse | Plain-chant |
| Haut de Casse | Grecque |
| Bas de Casse | Grecque |
| Haut de Casse | Allemande |
| Bas de Casse | Allemande |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Polonaise |
| Bas de Casse | Polonaise |
| (Haut as Allemande above) | Copte |
| Bas de Casse | Copte |
| Haut de Casse | Russe |
| Bas de Casse | Russe |
| Haut de Casse | 1st de l'Arabe |
| Bas de Casse | 1st de l'Arabe |
| Haut de Casse | 2nd de l'Arabe |
| Bas de Casse | 2nd de l'Arabe |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Hébraïque |
| Bas de Casse | Hébraïque |
| (Spanish described in text as using French case and lay) |
| (Portugese described in text as using French case and lay) |
|
| Gould, The Letter-press Printer, London, 2nd ed. 1881 | Same as in Gould 1876 |
| Southward, Practical Printing, London, 1882 | |
| Pozzoli, Nuovo manuale di tipografia, 1882, in Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography, vol 22, Virginia, 1969 | |
| Southward, Practical Printing, London, 2nd ed. 1884 |
| As Southward 1882 but omitting Mackie and Spurrell, and adding |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| French Single | French Single |
| French Fancy | French Fancy |
|
| Palmer & Rey, New Specimen Book, 2nd ed. 1884, in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 | |
| Fournier, Traite de Typographie, 1885 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| Upper | |
| Lower | |
|
| MacKellar, The American Printer, 15th ed. 1885, reprinted Berliner, Nevada City, 1977 |
As MacKellar 1870
but with the addition of |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Job as Harpel 1870) | |
| (Triple as Harpel 1870) | |
| and with different |
| Music Upper | Music Upper |
| Music Lower | Music Lower |
| Music Side | Music Side |
|
| Simons case (1885-90) illustrated in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal, no. 7, London, 1972 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (California Job as Palmer & Rey 1884) | |
| (Italic as Harpel Job 1870) | |
|
| Curtis & Mitchell, Price List of Types, Borders, Cuts, Printing Machinery and other Printing Material, Boston, 1886 | |
| Southward, Practical Printing, London, 3rd ed. 1887 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Old Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Old Lower |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | Improved Upper |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | Improved Lower |
Double (49uc)
(and 42uc and 35uc in text) | |
| (Six Fount as in M&R 1873) | |
| (Half Case as Southward 1882) | |
| Treble, Four Fount and Sanspareil described in text | |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (American Upper as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (American Lower as MacKellar 1866) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Times Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | (Times Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Provincial Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | (Provincial Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Improved Double as Southward 1882) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (German Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (German Lower as MacKellar 1866) | (German Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | (Hebrew Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Lower as van Winkle 1818) | (Hebrew Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Greek Upper as Stower 1808) | (Greek Upper as Southward 1882) |
| (Greek Lower as Southward 1882) |
| (Music Upper and Lower as Southward 1882) |
|
| Gould, The Letter-press Printer, London, 4th ed. 1888 | Same as in Gould 1876 |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol 23, 9th ed., Edinburgh 1888 | |
| MacKellar, The American Printer, Philadelphia, 17th ed. 1889 | Same as in MacKellar 1885 |
| Harrild & Sons New Illustrated Catalogue of Printing Lithographic & Binding Machinery & Materials for Printers, Bookbinders and Stationers, London 1889 |
| Case configuration | Lay of the type |
| (Upper as Moxon 1683) | |
| (Lower as Johnson New 1824) | |
| (Double as Southward 1882) | |
| (Treble as Harpel 1870) | |
| Bowra Double | |
| Bremner Double | |
| (Four Fount as Miller & Richard 1873) | |
| (Six Fount as Miller & Richard 1873) | |
| Music Upper | |
| Music Lower | |
| Lead case | |
| (Sanspareil case as Miller & Richard 1873) | |
| Sanspareil case with slips | |
| (Half Sans Case as Miller & Richard 1873) | |
| (Half Case as Miller & Richard 1873) | |
|
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