A History of the Old English Letter Foundries With Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introductory Chapter: THE TYPES AND TYPE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST PRINTERS
- Chap. 1 THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES
- Chap. 2 THE LEARNED, FOREIGN AND PECULIAR CHARACTERS
- Chap. 3 THE PRINTER LETTER-FOUNDERS, FROM CAXTON TO DAY
- Chap. 4 LETTER FOUNDING AS AN ENGLISH MECHANICAL TRADE
- Chap. 5 THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING
- Chap. 6 THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY
- Chap. 7 THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT
- Chap. 8 JOSEPH MOXON
- Chap. 9 THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY
- Chap. 10 THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES
- Chap. 11 WILLIAM CASLON
- Chap. 12 ALEXANDER WILSON
- Chap. 13 JOHN BASKERVILLE
- Chap. 14 THOMAS COTTRELL
- Chap. 15 JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY
- Chap. 16 JOSEPH JACKSON
- Chap. 17 WILLIAM MARTIN
- Chap. 18 VINCENT FIGGINS
- Chap. 19 THE MINOR FOUNDERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY
- Chap. 20 WILLIAM MILLER
- Chap. 21 THE MINOR FOUNDERS FROM 1800 TO 1830
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH LETTER-FOUNDERS' SPECIMENS NOTED IN THIS WORK 1665–1830
- LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED OR REFERRED TO
- INDEX
- Plate section
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introductory Chapter: THE TYPES AND TYPE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST PRINTERS
- Chap. 1 THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES
- Chap. 2 THE LEARNED, FOREIGN AND PECULIAR CHARACTERS
- Chap. 3 THE PRINTER LETTER-FOUNDERS, FROM CAXTON TO DAY
- Chap. 4 LETTER FOUNDING AS AN ENGLISH MECHANICAL TRADE
- Chap. 5 THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDING
- Chap. 6 THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY
- Chap. 7 THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT
- Chap. 8 JOSEPH MOXON
- Chap. 9 THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY
- Chap. 10 THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES
- Chap. 11 WILLIAM CASLON
- Chap. 12 ALEXANDER WILSON
- Chap. 13 JOHN BASKERVILLE
- Chap. 14 THOMAS COTTRELL
- Chap. 15 JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY
- Chap. 16 JOSEPH JACKSON
- Chap. 17 WILLIAM MARTIN
- Chap. 18 VINCENT FIGGINS
- Chap. 19 THE MINOR FOUNDERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY
- Chap. 20 WILLIAM MILLER
- Chap. 21 THE MINOR FOUNDERS FROM 1800 TO 1830
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH LETTER-FOUNDERS' SPECIMENS NOTED IN THIS WORK 1665–1830
- LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED OR REFERRED TO
- INDEX
- Plate section
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A History of the Old English Letter FoundriesWith Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1887