Specimen of Modern Printing Types, by Edm. Fry & Son, Letter Founders to the King, Type Street, London
by TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY (Edmund, & Son)
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- Hardcover
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Barnard and Farley, 1820. Royal 8vo (245 x 155 mm), title printed within a heavy border of flowers, followed by 115 leaves of specimens printed on one side only, of which two a folding, some occasional offsetting, cont. cloth-backed boards with wine auction sale particulars pasted over boards, manuscript paper spine label, uncut and partial unopened, an attractive copy. Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 243 mentioning only 1816, 1824 & 1827 editions; B&J citing the Oxford copy; Mosley locating four copies with between 91 and 118 leaves (Oxford, Cambridge, V&A, and Columbia University Library); OCLC adds the Huntington and Detroit copies; none added by JISC; not in the British Library or St Brides Catalogue. Berry & Johnson p. 49; Mosley, 135.
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- Forest Books (GB)
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- 38714
- Title
- Specimen of Modern Printing Types, by Edm. Fry & Son, Letter Founders to the King, Type Street, London
- Author
- TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY (Edmund, & Son)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Barnard and Farley, 1820
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