Details

Subject(s)

• Type and type-founding—England—Specimens—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Printing—England—Specimens—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Type specimens [Browse]

Notes

• Distinguishing points: no blank space across the center of the sheet; 18 units in the band of pica flowers (fourth band from the left); word "specimen" at foot in long primer caps.; "s" in word "nostra" in the French Cannon italic specimen broken off.
• At foot: "This specimen to be placed in the middle of the sheet 5Uu, vol. II." of Chambers' Cyclopaedia, 6th ed., London, 1750.
• Princeton copy 1 Sheet trimmed: no binder's instructions at foot. Sealed in a mat.

References

• Berry and Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types., p.15, variant H
• ESTC (RLIN), N021711

OCLC

228759870

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