SPECIMENS
OF
Ju 3846/27
for
11
CHINESE TYPES,
PREPARED AT THE FOUNDRY OF THE
LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, HONGKONG,
EXHIBITED BY THE
REV. JAMES LEGGE, D.D.,
OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
23 lbs. 3-line Bourgeois Types, containing 1,000 varieties.
10 lbs. 3-line Diamond Types, containing 1,000 varieties.
Sold at 2s. 6d. per lb. Sold at 58. 3d. per lb.
per Ib.
1 lbs. Bourgeois Types, containing 580 varieties. Sold at 16s. 9d.
A steel punch is made for every character; a matrix is then struck with it; and the Types are east in the ordinary way.
The preparation of these founts was commenced at Penang, nearly thirty years ago, by the late Rev. Samuel Dyer. It has been continued successively at Malacca, Singapore, and Hongkong. The bunt of 3-line Diamond now contains about 6,000 different characters; and the 3-line Bourgeois fount
nearly as many.
This number is more than sufficient to print the Scriptures; and it is being added to
every year.
As specimens of the actual use of these Types, and to show how they may be employed along
with English Types, there are sent:-
1. A copy of the Scriptures in Chinese, printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society.
2. A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. By the Rev. Ho Tsin-shen.
3. A Translation of Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy.
4. The Chinese Classics, with a Translation, &c., &c.
By A. Wylie, Esq., Shanghae.
Vol. I.
Hongkong, 20th November, 1861.
R.
IL