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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 99: LIST OF SPECIMENS, 1765–1831
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, 1765–1831.

  • No date. Jackson’s first Specimen of one fount. 1765? (Referred to by Nichols, Lit. Anec., ii, 360.) (Lost.)

  • 1783. Jackson’s second Specimen (described by Mores, Dissert., p. 83.) (Lost.)

  • No date. Specimen of the Deo Nagri or Hindvi Type, cut for the purpose of printing a Grammar and Dictionary of that Language under the Direction of William Kirkpatrick, Captain in the Service of the Honourable East India Company, and Persian Secretary to the Commander in Chief in India. By Joseph Jackson, Letter Founder, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street. 1784? Broadside. (J. F.)

  • 1798. A Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon, Letter Founder to the King, Salisbury Square, London. 1798. 8vo. (W. B.)

  • 1798. A Specimen of Cast Ornaments by William Caslon, Letter Founder to the King. London. Printed by C. Whittingham. 1798. 8vo. (W. B.)

  • 1803. A Specimen of Printing Types by W. Caslon and Son, Letter Founders to the King. London. Printed by C. Whittingham, Dean Street, Fetter Lane. 1803. 8vo. (Caslon.)

  • 1807. The above Specimen, with additions, and title, altered from “W. Caslon and Son, 1803,” to “W. Caslon, junr., 1807.” (Caslon.)

  • No date. A Specimen of Printing Types, etc., by Blake, Garnett and Co. (successors to Mr. W. Caslon, of London), Letter Founders, Sheffield. (1819.) 8vo. (T. B. R.)

  • 1826. Supplement to Blake, Garnett and Co.’s Specimen, 1826. 8vo. (Caxt. Cel., 4405.)

  • 1827. Specimen of Printing Types by Blake, Garnett and Co. (successors to Mr. W. Caslon of London), Letter Founders, Allen Street, Sheffield. 1827. 8vo. (Caxt. Cel., 4406.)

  • 1827–8. Supplements to Blake, Garnett and Co.’s Specimen, 1827 and 1828. 8vo. (Caxt. Cel., 4408.)

  • 1830. Select Specimen of Printing Types by Blake and Stephenson, Sheffield. 1830. 8vo. (Caxt. Cel., 4414.)

  • 1831. Specimen of Printing Types by Blake and Stephenson (successors to Mr. W. Caslon of London), Letter Founders, Sheffield. 1831. 8vo. (S. B. & Co.)