William Caslon, 1693-1766 : the ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Johnson.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caslon, William, 1693-1766.

Caslon, William.

Printing--England--History.

Printing.

England.

History.

Type and type-founding--History.

Type and type-founding.

Genre:

History.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (Storage copy)

Physical Description:

xxviii, 494 pages, 63 unnumbered pages (2 folded) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, genealogical tables ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Kineton : Roundwood Press, 1973.

Contents:

William Cason's ancestry

Halesowen schools during Caslon's boyhood

Halesowen in the West Midlands iron trade 1650-1720

Caslon's birth-place as seen in the parish resgister 1650-1720

William Caslon becomes a Loriner

The gunmakers of Birmingham and London

Caslon among the goldsmiths and silversmiths

Caslon's professional brethren

Eastern travel, Arabic scholarship and foreign missions

The S.P.C.K., Dr. Thomas Bray and his links with Halesowen

Booksellers, authors and their market

Newspapers to the time of Caslon

Caslon among the printers and booksellers

Some technicalities of printing and letter founding

Some title-pages of books before the Caslon era

Caslon makes his name

Caslon as a punch-cutter and letter-founder

Title pages of some books in the Caslon era

Links between Baskerville, Shenstone, Rowe Mores and Caslon

William Caslon's pupils and followers

Type-set, engraved and punched-plate music

Caslon's music concerts

Chronology of Caslon's ancestry, life and connections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-478) and index.

ISBN:

0900093137

9780900093135

OCLC:

803520