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
Of this interesting document we need only observe that in point of
execution and printing it calls for all the apology which Mr. Mores
offers on its behalf;[429] for one could hardly imagine a specimen
doing less justice to the collection it represents. Yet, in spite of
its imperfections, it is a work of the highest importance to anyone
interested in the history of the old English letter-founders, and we
regret that space forbids quoting the Catalogue in full.
We shall, however, present our readers with an abstract of the Specimen
as far as it relates to the matrices of the “learned” languages in the
foundry; adding, as far as possible, the initials of the foundries
through which each fount had come into James’ hands.[430]
The specimens shown are as follows:―
_Hebrew_ (Biblical).[431]―
2-l. English Mod. [A.][432]
2-line English No. 2.
2-line English Ancient. [P.]
Double Pica. [P.] [A.]
Great Primer. [A.]
English Antique.
English Ancient, No. 2. [P.] [A.]
English Ancient, No. 3.
English Modern.
Pica Ancient. [G.?]
Pica Modern. [A.]
Small Pica Antique. [A.]
Small Pica Antique. No. 2. [A.]
_Hebrew._―
Small Pica Modern.
Long Primer. [G.?]
Brevier. [A.]
Brevier. No. 2. [S.A.]
Nonpareil. [A.]
_Hebrew_ (Rabbinical).―
English German (a spurious Rashi). [A.]
Rashi Pica. [A.]
Rashi Long Primer.* [A.]
Rashi Brevier.* [A.]
Rashi Nonpareil.* [A.]
_Samaritan._[433]―
Double Pica (Leusden’s). [A.]
English* (with English face). [P.] [G.] {228}
_Syriac._―
Double Pica. [P.][G.]
Great Primer. [A.]
Pica. [G.]
_Arabic._[434]―
Double Pica (Gt. Primer?)* [P.?][G.]
Great Primer. [A.]
_Æthiopic._―
Gt. Primer or English*. [P.][A.]
English. [Anon.]
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