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To: circlecity
because it's not in great condition, the maket has just fallen through the floor for these old hymn books

And knock off a few bucks for all of the miſſpellings.

5 posted on 12/05/2012 8:13:19 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
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To: KarlInOhio
...miſſpellings.

Yes, and no.

Back in the day, printers had a finite set of type. So, they had to make do with what they had. "f" for "s", etc. I'm sure if they had enough "s", the printer would have used them.

Otherwife, can you imagine the nightmare of collation, if the printer waf to print juft enough of the page for with the available correct type, then to go back and finifh printing the pagef after drying time?

9 posted on 12/05/2012 9:21:23 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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