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Some early type specimen books of England, Holland, France, Italy, and Germany

Blades, William, 1824-1890 · 1875 · London [Printed by J.M. Powell] · 1 picture

A bibliographic study by William Blades, printed in London in 1875, cataloguing early European type specimen books for printers and type historians. The one picture is a University of California ex libris bookplate: a circular seal with an open book, a star, and the date MDCCCLXVIII around the rim, framed by a rectangular label reading EX LIBRIS.

Printing -- Specimens Bibliography · Type and type-founding -- Bibliography

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