ENSCHEDÉ, Ch.
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. Engl.transl.w.revisions and notes by H. Carter (& N. Hoeflake), ed. by L. Hellinga.
Haarlem, Stichting Museum Enschedé, 1978. Folio. xxviii, 477, [1] pp. With frontispiece, and hundreds of figs in the text. Half-calf in cardboard slipcase. (slipcase damaged and a bit spotted; leather a bit foxed; else very good)
¶ Colophon: "Composed by hand in Romanée, a type designed by Jan van Krimpen, cut by P.H. Rädisch and cast in the typefoundry of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen [..]. The book was bound by Brandt-Weesp [..]. Layout and design by Bram de Does." This is no. [225] of 1500 + L copies.
¶ NB: The colophon calls for a portrait in 2 colours, ours is solely printed in black.
¶ Revised, translated edition, of the 1908-edition in F*rench: Fonderies de caractères et leur matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe siècle.
¶ WITH the loose-leaf present: a type specimen issued by Jan van Hout, Leiden, between 1593-1597 (of which the original has been lost; this specimen reproduced from a photograph in the Enschedé archives). - heavy book, additional postage may be required.
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