1766. A Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon, Letter-founder, London. Printed by John Towers. 1766. Small 4to. . . . . (B.M. T, 320, [11].) 1770. A Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon, Letter-founder, London. 8vo. . . . . (Luckombe’s _History of Printing_, pp. 134–147.) 1770. A Specimen of Printing Types cast by Wiliam Caslon for the use of John Dixcey Cornish, at Number 4, in Printing-House-Yard, Blackfriars, London. 1770. 32mo. . . . . (Caslon.) 1784. A Specimen of Cast Ornaments on a new plan by William Caslon and Son. London. 1784. 8vo. . . . . (Sohmian Coll., Stockholm.) 1785. A Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon, Letter-founder to His Majesty. London. Printed by Galabin and Baker, 1785. 8vo. . . . . (B.M. 441, f. 14.) 1785. A Specimen of Large letter by William Caslon, London, 1785. Two sheets folio. . . . . (B.M. 441, f. 14.) 1785. A Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon, Letter-founder to His Majesty, 1785. Folio, 8 pp. . . . . (Chambers’ _Cycl._, 1784–6.) 1786. A Specimen of Cast Ornaments on a new plan by William Caslon, Letter-founder to His Majesty. London. Printed by J. W. Galabin, 1786. 8vo. . . . . (B.M. 668, g. 17, [2].) 1805. Specimen of Printing Types by Caslon and Catherwood, Letter-founders, Chiswell Street, London. T. Bensley, printer, London. 1805. 8vo. . . . . (Ox. Univ. Pr.) 1808. A Specimen of Caslon and Catherwood’s modern-cut Printing Types. London, 1808. 8vo. . . . . (Stower’s _Printers’ Grammar_.) n. d. Specimen of Printing Types by Caslon and Catherwood, Chiswell Street, London. T. Bensley, printer, London. 1812? 8vo. . . . . (Caslon.) 1830. Specimen of Printing Types by Caslon and Livermore, Letter-founders, Chiswell Street, London. Bensley, Printer, 1830. 8vo. . . . . (Caxt. Cel. 4411.) [Illustration] {257} [Illustration] CHAPTER XII. ALEXANDER WILSON, 1742. In the early years of the 18th century, printing in Scotland was in a condition even more depressed and unsatisfactory than in England. Except in Glasgow and Edinburgh the art was almost wholly neglected; and in those two cities the disadvantages at which printers were placed, owing partly to restrictive patents and monopolies, partly to jealousies among themselves, but chiefly to the absence of any letter-foundry in their own country, were sufficient bar to all prosperity, either as an industry or an art.