Typefoundries in The Netherlands from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century - with the rare prospectus and a an add. type-specimen print laid in

Item Details

Harlem, Netherlands, Stichting Museum Enschede, 1978, gilt lettered half calf leather

Revised and substantially annotated 2nd edition, Very Good +

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. English translation w.revisions and notes by H. Carter (& N. Hoeflake), ed. by L. Hellinga.

Stichting Museum Enschede, 1978, Folio (15" x 10.5 x 2.5"), slipcase missing. xxviii, 477, [1] pp. Original gilt lettered half calf, folio 
  --  Most samples printed with the original 15th -19 century typefaces from the collection of Johannes Enschede.. In English, revised and annotated. translated by H. Carter and N. Hoeflake, ed. L. Hellinga. Haarlem, Published with the Stichting Museum Enschedé, frontispiece., numerous. initials, vignettes etc., printed in 1550 numbered copies.. 

With the rare prospectus and a an additional type-specimen print laid in. Specimen issued by Jan van Hout, Leyden, between 1593 and 1597. Reproduced by the Enschede Museum from a photograph, as the unique copy of this specimen has been lost.