Cast off: […] To put from one, discard, abandon, disown. Hawking and Hunting […] To let fly (hawks). […] Nautical. To loosen and throw off (a rope, sail, etc.), to let go, let loose; to loosen (a vessel) from a mooring. […] Knitting. To take the work off the wires, closing the loops and forming a selvedge. […] Printing. To estimate how much printed matter…
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Alexandra Franklin is co-ordinator of the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book. Printing Moby-Dick is a personal project which emerged from her professional work, supporting research into the historical methods and materials used in making manuscripts and books.