A specimen by William Caslon : letter-founder, in Chiswell-Street, London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caslon, William, 1693-1766.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Specimens.

Printing.

Genre:

Specimens.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ; 1⁰

Place of Publication:

[London] : [publisher not identified], [1750]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

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.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

Berry and Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types., p.15, variant H

English Short Title Catalog, N21711.

Access Restriction:

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