Excerpt from The Corrector of the Press in the Early Days of Printing<br><br>In the fifteenth century offices the proofreader was invariably a scholar of real attainments, who usually com binod the role of textual editor with that of corrector of the press. The accomplishments of some of these readers are recorded in the colophons of many incunabula. I have ex amined in some detail the evidence of this character occur ring in volumes printed in Paris during the fifteenth century and similar evidence can be found in the colophons of early volumes printed elsewhere.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.