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ook and booklovers, 4. Payne, Roger, binder, 100. Peacock, Thomas Love, his novels in thick and thin paper, 94, 95. Peel, Sir Robert, misprint concerning, 155. Penmanship, _see_ Manuscript. Pergamum, origin of parchment in, 83, 84. "Periodical, The," resembles a Chinese book, 88, 90. "Personal power, A secret of," 162-167. "Perversities of type," 152-161. Philadelphia Mercantile Library, size in 1875, 104. "Philobiblon," by Richard de Bury, significance of the title, 8. Photogravures, in connection with type, 6. Pickering, William, a disciple of Aldus, 23; his characteristic books, 23, 24, compared with Little and Brown's "British Poets," 24, their predecessors, contemporaries, and successors, 24; his "diamond classics" on large paper, 131, 132; method of book design, 41; publisher, 38. Picture writing, 80, 81. Pictures, earliest books were, 79-81. _See also_ Illustrations. Pillow, General Gideon Johnson, misprints concerning, 157. Pindar, as characterized by Mrs. Browning, 68. Plato, as characterized by Mrs. Browning, 68; contributor to Bible of humanity, 68; riches of, 68. Pocket editions, 22, 23. Poe, Edgar Allan, quoted, 28, 152, 158; small bulk of his poetry, 69. Poetry, Hazlitt on, 141, 142; print as an interpreter of its meaning, 17, 18; type appropriate to, 137, 138. Pope, Alexander, a ghost word referred to him, 158, 159; Hazlitt on, 142. Possessions, distinguished from Property, 31, 32. "Power, A secret of personal," 162-167. Powers of leadership developed under stress, 163. Pre-Columbian book, _see_ Mexican. Prehistoric background of the book, 79-81. Press, errors of, 152-161. Pressman, a spoiler of books, 40-42. Presswork, requirements of, 58. Prices, as affected by italic, 20, by the small books of the Elzevirs, 22; fancy, what they mean, 7; of choice books compared with those of other art objects, 49; of choice books not excessive, 7. "Print as an interpreter of meaning," 14-18. _See also_ Typography. Printer, as affected by spelling reform, 150; a spoiler of books, 40, 41; what the librarian asks of him, 47, 48. Printer's errors, 152-161. Printing, added only speed and cheapness to book production, 14; distinctions to the eye in, 16-18; of Chinese books, 88; "Printing problems for science to solve," 115-119; would be benefited by contemporary calligraphy, 51. _S
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