Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1640 (2E2v)

If you look closely at this page, you can see a number of signs that the printers weren’t experts: the inked shoulders, an italic L instead of a roman, different styles of apostrophes, and slightly wobbly letters.

If you look closely at this page, you can see a number of signs that the printers weren't experts: the inked shoulders, an italic L instead of a roman, different styles of apostrophes, and slightly wobbly letters.

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The VVhole Booke Of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Matthew Day for Stephen Day, 1640. (sig. 2E2v)

New York Public Library, *KD 1640 (public domain)

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