Quantity and Valuation of the Printing-Office, as taken Jan. 27: 1766. per J Parker
Quantity and Valuation of the Printing-Office, as taken Jan. 27: 1766. per J Parker
wt |
383 | Old Brevier, much worn, and worth little |
more than Old Metal, at 8d. per lb. | £12 | 15 | 4 |
282 | Newer Brevier, 7 Years worn, valued at 1s. |
3d. per lb. | 17 | 12 | 6 |
663 | Burgois, eight years worn at 1s. 3d. | 41 | 8 | 9 |
436 | Long Primer, well worn at 1s. 2d. | 25 | 8 | 8 |
318 | Small Pica, almost worn out at 10d. | 13 | 5 | 0 |
421 | Pica, Old, and much batter'd at 10d. | 17 | 10 | 10 |
334 | Old English, fit for little more than Old |
Metal at 8½ | 11 | 16 | 7 |
502 | Newer English, near half-worn at 1s. 3d. | 31 | 7 | 6 |
223 | Great Primer, well worn at 1s. 2d. | 13 | 0 | 2 |
158 | Double Pica, pretty good, at 1s. 4d. | 10 | 10 | 8 |
91 | Double English Do at 1s. 2d. | 5 | 6 | 2 |
70 | Flowers at 2s. | 7 | 0 | 0 |
53 | Figures, Planets, Space Rules, Black Letter, |
at 2s. 3d. | 5 | 19 | 3 |
63 | Large and Title Letter, some old some good |
at 1s. | 3 | 3 | 0 |
40 | Quotations, Justifiers &c. at 1s. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Crooked Letters, at 1s. | 0 | 3 | 0 |
85 | Cases, some Old and shatter'd at 5s. | 21 | 5 | 0 |
13 | Frames at 8s. | 5 | 4 | 0 |
15 | Chaces, some large, some small, at 6s. | 4 | 10 | 0 |
16 | Letter-Boards, only 10 of'em good-for-any- |
thing | 0 | 15 | 0 |
3 | Folio Gallies 8 Quarto, and 7 small Do | 1 | 10 | 0 |
1 | Letter Rack and one Case Rack | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Lye-Trough, 1 Lye Tub, and one Wetting |
Trough | 1 | 10 | 0 |
6 | Composing-Sticks, one of which good-for- |
Nothing | 1 | 10 | 0 |
2 | Imposing Stones, with their Stands | 3 | 10 | 0 |
1 | Old Book-Press much shatter'd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Poles for drying Paper | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2 | Mallets, 2 Shuting Sticks, a Plainer, and some |
old Furniture | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Cuts for Dilworth's Spelling-Books | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2 | King's Arms, 3 S's for Bills of Lading 3 or 4 |
Head & Tail piecs | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The Cuts for the Advertisements much worn | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Some Brass pieces of Rules, and other Rules | 0 | 12 | 7 |
268 | 10 | 0 |
Three Printing Presses, One much shatter'd | 45 | 0 | 0 |
£313 | 10 | 0 |
Errors excepted
Per James Parker.