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Type and type-founding

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  • A specimen of printing types / Alex. Wilson and Sons.
  • Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.
  • A specimen of printing types / Joseph Fry and Sons, letter-founders, Worship-Street, Moorfields.
  • A specimen of printing types / Joseph Fry and Sons, letter-founders, Worship-Street, Moorfields.
  • Plan (top), and three-quarter view (below), of a type case, lettered for a key. Engraving by Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
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    Proef van letteren welke gegooten worden in de nieuwe Haerlemsche lettergietery van J. Enschedé. 1768.

    Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. | Date: [1768]
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    Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.

    Saint-Aubin, Augustin, 1736-1807. | Reference: 40511i
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    Druckschriften des XV bis XVIII Jahrhunderts in getreuen Nachbildungen / herausgegeben von der Direction der Reichsdruckerei.

    | Date: 1884-87
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    Selected essays on books and printing / A.F. Johnson ; edited by Percy H. Muir.

    Johnson, A. F. (Alfred Forbes) | Date: 1970 [1971]
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    Manuel typographique utile aux gens de lettres, & à ceux qui exercent les différentes parties de l'art de l'imprimerie / [Reṕonse à un mémoire publié ... par MM. Gando, au sujet des caracteres de fonte pour la musique].

    Fournier, le jeune (Pierre Simon), 1712-1768. | Date: 1764-1766
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