Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum: Annotated Descriptions of the Specimens to Ca. 1850 (mostly from the Low Countries and France) with Preliminary Notes on the Typefoundries and Printing Offices

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Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, New Castle, Delaware & London. 2004. 344 pages. 4to (29 x 23 cm). Blue cloth binding in fine dust jacket. Illustrated, in black and white, with some type specimens. 4 folded type specimens in pocket at rear. With a preface by Hendrik D. L. Vervliet. With useful indexes & concordances. Important bibliography. Copy as new!

”Preliminary notes on the type founders and printers who issued the specimens include chronologies of the foundries and information on the origins of their materials, sometimes supplemented with information about the history of the firms and the genealogy of the founders. Nearly all of the nineteen specimens illustrated at their original size appear here for the first time, and extensive indexes make this book a powerful reference tool for type specimen enthusiast and printing historians.” –Book jacket.