Benton, Josiah Henry & McRae, John Findlay - John Baskerville - Type Founder And Printer 1706 - 1775 [bound with] Two Centuries Of Typefounding - Annals Of The Letter Foundry Established By Wiliam Caslon In Chiswell Street, London In The Year 1720

Nico Editions : Thoemmes Press, Bristol - Kinokuniya Co Ltd, Tokyo, 1996, 2nd edition. Cloth, F. [iv]+vi+78+v+xvi+94pp, b/w frontis to each work, 1 large folding plate ( Caslon's first specimen sheet ), 69 b/w illustrations, index to the first work, a fine copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A facsimile reprint of two works on English typography & type founderies. The first was published in 1914 & the second in 1920.