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
The famous gifts of Fell and Junius are now relegated to the relics of
this venerable yet still flourishing foundry, where, in company with
Baskerville’s Greek, Walpergen’s music and Miss Elstob’s Anglo-Saxon,
they rest from their labours, and remain to this day the most
interesting monuments our country possesses of the art and mystery of
its early letter-founders.
* * * * *
Appended is a list of the various specimens issued by the Oxford press
from 1693 to 1794.―
1693. A specimen of the Several sorts of Letter given to the
University by Dr. John Fell, late Lord Bishop of Oxford. To which
is added, the Letter given by Mr. F. Junius. Oxford, printed at
the Theater, A.D. 1693. 8vo. . . . . (Bodl. C., i, 24, Art.)
1695. A specimen of the Several sorts of Letter given to the
University by Dr. John Fell, sometime Lord Bishop of Oxford. To
which is added the Letter given by Mr. F. Junius. Oxford, Printed
at the Theater, A.D. 1695. 8vo. . . . . (Bodl. Gough, Ox., 142; B.
M. Harl. MS. 1529.)
1706. A specimen of the Several sorts of Letters given to the
University by Dr. John Fell, sometime Lord Bishop of Oxford. To
which is added the Letter given by Mr. F. Junius, Oxford, Printed
at the Theater, A.D. 1706, 8vo. . . . . (Bodl. Gough, Ox., 142.)
No date. A specimen of the Several Sorts of Letters in the
University Printing House. Oxford. Broadside. . . . . (Bodl. C.,
i, 24, Art.)
No date. Characteres Anglo-Saxonici per eruditam fœminam
Eliz. Elstob ad fidem codd. {163} mss. delineati, quorum tam
instrumentis cusoriis quam matricibus Univ. donari curavit E. R.
M. e. collegio Regin. A.M. 1753. 8vo leaf. . . . . (W. B.)
1768–70. A specimen of the Several sorts of Printing Types
belonging to the University of Oxford at the Clarendon Printing
House, 1768 (together with New Letters purchased in the years
1768, 1769, 1770). Clarendon Press, Sept. 29, 1770. 8vo. . . . .
(Univ. Pr.)
1786. A specimen of the Several sorts of Printing Types belonging
to the University of Oxford at the Clarendon Printing House, 1786.
8vo. . . . . (Univ. Pr.)
1794. A specimen of the Several Sorts of Printing Types belonging
to the University of Oxford, at the Clarendon Printing House,
1794. 8vo. . . . . (W. B.)
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CHAPTER VII.
THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT.
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