Typefoundries in the Netherlands, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century : a history based mainly on material in the collection of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen at Haarlem /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Enschedé, Ch. ( Charles), 1855-1919
Corporate Author: Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Other Authors: Carter, Harry, 1901-1982, Hoeflake, Netty, Hellinga, Lotte
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Haarlem : Stichting Museum Enschedé, 1978.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Description
Item Description:An updated version of the work originally published in 1908 under title: Fonderies de caractères et leur matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe siècle.
"Type-specimen issued by Jan van Hout, Leyden, between 1593 and 1597" (photoreproduction): leaf laid in.
Includes index.
"This edition consistes of 1,500 copies numbered 1 to 1,500 and 50 copies, being roman numerals from I to L, which are not for sale"--Colophon.
The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is number 482.
Purchased for the Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection by The Cushing Library.
Physical Description:xxviii, 477 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portrait ; 39 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: pages 431-436.
ISBN:9070024136
9789070024130