Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A specimen by William Caslon, letter-founder, in Chiswell-Street, London.
Call Number
D-West 49/GC107/Box 03/Oversize GA 2024.04347
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcvt150z54z
Publisher
[London], [1750]
Language
English
Date Created
1750
Extent
1 sheet ; 1°
References
Berry and Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types., p.15, variant H
ESTC (RLIN), N021711
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Distinguishing points: no blank space across the center of the sheet; 18 units in the band of pica flowers (fourth band from the left); word "specimen" at foot in long primer caps.; "s" in word "nostra" in the French Cannon italic specimen broken off.
At foot: "This specimen to be placed in the middle of the sheet 5Uu, vol. II." of Chambers' Cyclopaedia, 6th ed., London, 1750.
Princeton copy 1 Sheet trimmed: no binder's instructions at foot. Sealed in a mat.

Discovery Information

Subject
Type and type-founding—England—Specimens—Early works to 1800
Printing—England—Specimens—Early works to 1800
Type specimens

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4e152aa0-47a0-4ae5-a6a8-fa0f92d11975/manifest