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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.

Chapter 88: SPECIMEN BOOKS, 1783–1834
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.

SPECIMEN BOOKS, 1783–1834.

  • 1772. A Specimen of some of the Printing Types cast in the Foundery of Dr. A. Wilson and Sons, College of Glasgow (Glasgow,) 1772. 8vo, 24 leaves. (B.M., B. 722, 8.)

  • 1783. A Specimen of Printing Types . . The above are some of the sizes cast in the Letter Foundery of Dr. Alex. Wilson and Sons, Glasgow. 1783. Broadside. (Chambers’ Cyclopædia, 1784–6.)

  • 1786. A Specimen of Printing Types cast in the Letter Foundry of Alex. Wilson and Sons, Glasgow, 1786. 8vo. (Ox. Univ. Pr.)

  • 1789. A Specimen of Printing Types cast in the Letter Foundry of Alex. Wilson and Sons, Glasgow, 1789. Small 4to. (Caslon.)

  • 1812. A Specimen of Modern Cut Printing Types by Alex. Wilson and Sons, Letter Founders, Glasgow, 1812. 4to. (Caslon.)

  • 1815. A Specimen of Modern Cut Printing Types by Alex. Wilson and Sons, Letter Founders, Glasgow, 1815. 4to. (Caslon.)

  • 1823. A Specimen of Modern Printing Types by Alex. Wilson and Sons, Glasgow, 1823. 4to. (Caxt. Cel. 4402.) {267}

  • 1828. A Specimen of Modern Printing Types by Alex. Wilson and Sons, Letter Founders, Glasgow, 1828. 4to. (Ox. Univ. Pr.)

  • 1833. A Specimen of Modern Printing Types cast at the Letter Foundry of Alex. Wilson and Sons, Glasgow, 1833. 4to. (T. B. R.)

  • 1833. A Specimen of Modern Printing Types cast at the Letter Foundry of Wilsons and Sinclair, New Street, Edinburgh, 1833. 4to. (Ox. Univ. Pr.)

  • 1834. A Selection from the Specimen Book of Alex. Wilson and Sons, Glasgow Letter Foundry, Great New Street, Gough Square, London, 1834. 4to. (Caslon.)