This sheet presents a facsimile of William Caslon's type specimen sheet, 1738 [i.e. 1750], which has been reproduced for the Mergenthaler linotype company on the occasion of the first showing of Caslon Old Face and presented in this form for permanent preservation

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This sheet presents a facsimile of William Caslon's type specimen sheet, 1738 [i.e. 1750], which has been reproduced for the Mergenthaler linotype company on the occasion of the first showing of Caslon Old Face and presented in this form for permanent preservation by William Caslon, Mergenthaler Linotype Company, William Caslon, Mergenthaler Linotype Company
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This sheet presents a facsimile of William Caslon's type specimen sheet, 1738 [i.e. 1750], which has been reproduced for the Mergenthaler linotype company on the occasion of the first showing of Caslon Old Face and presented in this form for permanent preservation

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Language
English
Pages
58

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Edition Notes

Title on outside of leaf folded in 4; the inside of the open leaf is a facsimile of the Bern & Johnson variant H of Caslon's specimen printed for insertion in Chambers' Cyclopaedia, 6th ed., London, 1750.

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New York
Series
American institute of graphic arts. Keepsake -- 11
Other Titles
Facsimile of William Caslon's type specimen sheet, 1738 [i.e. 1750]

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[2] p. 58 x 43 cm., folded to
Number of pages
58

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL60559978M
OCLC/WorldCat
33467095

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL44314587W

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