Author: TURLOT HENRI CHAIX & CIE., FONDERIE. [Type specimen].
Title: Spécimen général de la Fonderie Turlot Henri Chaix & Cie. [incl. supplement:Tarif Général].
Description: Paris, Fonderie Turlot. Henri Chaix & Cie, Succ[esseu]rs (4, Rue Napoléon-Chaix), [ca. 1924]. 8, 35, 16, 66, [8], 7, 8, 22, 195, 46, 24, 13, [1] pp. [= 449 pages, incl. a few folding sheets]. Main title page, 11 sub title pages, 1 b./w. plate (bird's eye view of the foundry) & num. col. / b./w. ills. Bound in original publisher's light green cloth with black lettering. 4to. - Covers with some light soiling, especially the back cover (clear traces of use in a printing house). - [AND:] Tarif géneral. Ce tarif annule les précédents (1er Juin 1919). Paris, Fonderie Turlot [...], [1919]. 12 pp. Stapled. (= price list, pasted on first free endpaper). * Extremely rare French typespecimen with complete series of 11 sections (divisions). A very attractive type specimen with color printing. This edition not recorded in OCLC (OCLC only listing 10 copies issued between ca. 1900 - ca. 1920). Our dating is based on a date on one of the last pages in the book. - Contains the parts: I: Matériel et Machines. II: Elzévirs et Labeurs de Luxe. III: Séries des Labeurs. IV: Caractères pour Journaux. V: Caractères Étrangers. VI: Caractères pour Affiches VII: Signes et Chiffres. VIII: Caractères de Fantasie. IX: Vignettes et Ornements. X: Filets et Garnitures. XI: Appareils de Numérotage.

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