Type specimen facsimiles; reproductions of fifteen type specimen sheets issued between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Accompanied by notes mainly derived from the researches of A.F. Johnson [and others] With an introductory essay by Stanley Morison.
Published / Created:
London, Bowes & Bowes [and] Putnam, 1963.
Physical Description:
15 typog. specimens and xxviii, 23 p. (in portfolio) 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3334779
Classification:
Books
Notes:
In box as issued.
Subject Terms:
Printing -- Specimens. | Type and type-founding. | Printing -- History. | Bowes & Bowes and Putnam -- Publisher.