A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.Reed, Talbot Baines
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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.
Reed, Talbot Baines
Printing -- England -- History; Type and type-founding -- England -- History
1. Great Primer Roman 121
2. Double Pica Roman 123
3. Pica Greek 513
4. Augustin Greek 353
5. Long Primer Greek 354
6. Great Primer Greek 456
7. Long Primer Italic 121
8. Small Pica Italic 142
9. Long Primer Roman 155
10. Pica Roman 156
11. Brevier Roman 156
12. Great Brass Roman Caps. 40
13. Augustin Roman 142
14. English Black 73
15. Small Pica Roman 142
16. Coptick 135
17. Augustin Italic 114
18. Pica Italic 130
19. Nonpareil Italic 121
20. Nonpareil Roman 134
21. Paragon Greek │ │
22. Paragon Greek │445│
23. Syriac 121
24. Double Pica Italic 87
25. Great Canon 204
26. Brevier Italic 134
27. Music 70
28. [Pica Roman and Italic, bought by │ │
the University, an. 1692.] Roman, │ │
93; Italic, 78; Small Caps., not │ │
justified, 27; in all │198│
28. Great Primer Italic 87
29. Astronomical Signs, Pica 25
29. Samaritan, English 30
29. Mathematical Marks 21
29. Cancelled Figures, Pica 10
29. Brasses, Long Primer 16
29. Mathematical Marks, Small Pica 10
30. Hebrew, Great and Small │292│
31. Hebrew, Great and Small │254│
31. Armenian 7
32. Arabic, Syriac, and Hebrew 228
32. Arabic Figures 10
33. Sclavonian, Great Primer 110
A paper of Flower Matrices.
A paper of Great Primer Roman and
Italic, cut by Mr. Nichols—not good.
New Music Puncheons and Matrices,
cut by Peter Walpergen.
PUNCHEONS SEALED UP IN AN EARTHEN POT.
For the Double Pica Roman and Italic, and some for the Double Pica Greek.
For the Great Brass Roman Capitals.
For the Black, English.
For the Coptick.
For the Syriack.
For the Samaritan.
For the Cannon Roman and Italic.
For the Astronomical Signs and Figures.
[For the Pica Roman and Italic.]
[For the Sclavonian also there were 109 punches.]
UTENSILS FOR PRINTING.
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