Title=SPECIMENS OF CASLON OLD FACE ROMAN & ITALIC.
(Type Specimens) Caslon SPECIMENS OF LINING CASLON OLD FACE ROMAN AND ITALIC MANUFACTURED ON POINT BODIES IN SIX SIZES 8-PT. TO 22-PT.
London H.W. Caslon & Co. n.d. (but circa 1933) 4to. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated Specimens offered by Caslon. Developed by William Caslon before 1725 (Jaspert, Berry and Johnston 38-9). Includes other faces including Kennerley, Ratdolt, Nicolas Cochin, Embassy and New Typewriter. Also includes Caslon bands and borders. Includes samples of advertisements. Description of New Typewriter No. 4 tipped in. Letter from Bastien Typesetters to Arthur Nightall of the Midland Printing Works, dated 10th June 1933, laid in. Lightly worn along spine. Wrappers tanned at edges. Price: $ 80.00
other currencies
Order nr. 109872
(Type Specimens) Continental. SPECIMENS OF CASLON OLD FACE ROMAN & ITALIC.
London Continental Typefounders of Chicago n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Beautiful Caslon Old Face founts, Roman and Italic, in which sixteen sizes are shown here were engraved by William Caslon over 200 years ago. Corner of front cover torn off. Price: $ 45.00
other currencies
Order nr. 57576