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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. cover

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries / with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.

Chapter 103: LIST OF SPECIMENS, 1792–1832
By Talbot Baines Reed
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A detailed historical and bibliographical account of English letter founding that traces the technical processes, the origins and evolution of typefaces, and the workshops and institutions that produced them. It combines practical descriptions of casting and moulding with critical examination of early printing practices, type bodies, and face designs, and offers biographical and chronological treatment of individual foundries. The work supplements narrative chapters with specimen listings, bibliographies, and archival research, evaluates earlier scholarship, and presents documentary discoveries intended to support typographical study and the preservation of the craft’s material legacy.

LIST OF SPECIMENS, 1792–1832.

  • No date. A Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, Swan Yard, Holborn Bridge, London. (1792.) 4to, 2 pp., (J. F.)

  • No date. A Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, Swan Yard, Holborn Bridge, London. (1793.) 4to, 5 pp. (J. F.)

  • 1794. A Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, Swan Yard, Holborn Bridge, London. 1794. 4to. (W. B.)

  • 1802. Specimen of a fount of Télegú Types cast by V. Figgins, London. 1802. folio. (J. F.)

    (Also in quarto.)

  • No date. Specimen of 2-line Letters cast by Vincent Figgins, West Street, West Smithfield, London. Broadside. (1802.?) (J. F.)

  • 1815. Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1815. 8vo. (Ox. Univ. Pr.)

  • 1817. Newspaper Founts cast by Vincent Figgins, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1817. Broadside. (Ox. Univ. Pr.)

  • 1821. Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1821. 8vo. (J. F.)

    (Re-issued with additions 1822 and 1823.)

  • 1824. Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1824. 8vo. (Caxt. Cel. 4403.)

  • 1826. Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1826. 8vo. (J. F.)

  • 1827. Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, London, 1827. 16mo. (Caxt. Cel. 4408.)

  • 1832. Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1832. 8vo. (Caxt. Cel. 4417.)