134 Proceeding^i of the Royal Irish Acadenif/. 



round the Gaelic Poem printed in 1571. About eight lines of the 

 title-page are in red ink, the rest in black. The book is a folio. 



Fig. 1 is a facsimile of the last page of the Book of Common Prayer, 

 added in consequence of the arrival of a new Lord Deputy (Sir James 

 Croft) in succession to Sir Anthony Sentleger. The tail-piece, it will 

 be noticed, consists of two of the Scriptural scenes on the title-page, 

 with a new one. 



Fig. 2 represents the title-page of the Gaelic Version of the Book 

 of Common Prayer, printed by John Frankton. The type was that 

 already used by O'Kearney to print the poem and Catechism in 1571. 

 The head-piece will be found in otlier specimens of Frankton's 

 printing. 



Figs. 3 and 4 are facsimiles of title-pages from the press of the 

 Society, or Company, of Stationers (from London), who bought out 

 Frankton, and acquired his State Patent. The woodcut design (fig. 3) 

 merits notice. Similar designs are found on title-pages of other works 

 issued here from this press. The work is a folio. Fig. 4 is the full 

 size of the work, of which only two copies are recorded. 



Fig. 5 shows the plain but effective style adopted at a later period. 

 Portions of the title are in red ink. This facsimile is also full size. 



Fig. 6 is a full-size facsimile of the title-page of a very rare book. 

 Only one copy is known to exist. Tooke succeeded Crook as State 

 Printer here. This title-page illustrated the very long title, necessi- 

 tating the overcrowding of the page, so common even to a much later 

 period. 



Fig. 7 is given to exhibit a specimen of the printing of Edward 

 Jones, the printer who accompanied William III. to this country. 

 Specimens from his press printed here are very rare. He seems to 

 have had no regular or permanent printing office, but to have returned 

 very soon to England, as Andrew Crook became King's Printer here in 

 1690 or 1691. The work is a 4to. 



Fig. 8 is an illustration of Andrew Crook's printing and title-page 

 making, about 1692. 



