A History of the Old English Letter Foundries / with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.

CONTENTS.

Introductory Chapter. THE TYPES AND TYPE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST PRINTERS		1
Chap.1.	THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES	31
2.	THE LEARNED, FOREIGN AND PECULIAR CHARACTERS	57
3.	THE PRINTER LETTER-FOUNDERS, FROM CAXTON TO DAY	83
4.	LETTER FOUNDING AS AN ENGLISH MECHANICAL TRADE	102
5.	THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING	123
6.	THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY	137
7.	THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT	164
8.	JOSEPH MOXON	180
9.	THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY	193
10.	THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES	212
11.	WILLIAM CASLON	232
12.	ALEXANDER WILSON	257
13.	JOHN BASKERVILLE	268
14.	THOMAS COTTRELL	288
15.	JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY	298
16.	JOSEPH JACKSON	315
17.	WILLIAM MARTIN	330
18.	VINCENT FIGGINS	335
19.	THE MINOR FOUNDERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY	345
20.	WILLIAM MILLER	355
21.	THE MINOR FOUNDERS FROM 1800 TO 1830	357

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