EARLY TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE PLANTIN-MORETUS MUSEUM

by John A. Lane

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Annotated descriptions of the specimens to ca. 1850 mostly from the Low Countries and France with preliminary notes on the type foundries and printing offices. With a preface by Hendrik D. L. Vervliet. In association with the Plantin-Moretus Museum. Pp. 344, frontispiece, 4 folding plates in pocket at lower pastedown, text illustrations, appendix, indices; demy 4to; dust wrapper; pp. 52-3 slightly soiled; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle & London, 2004. First

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