Title
A Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon, Letter-Founder to His Majesty.
Coverage
London:
Publisher
Caslon,
Date
[1786].
Description
The first leaf of this 18th-century type specimen issued by the foundry of William Caslon includes larger display faces, while the remaining leaves feature a total of 90 flowers and 114 fonts of varying sizes. William Caslon (1692–1766) was one of the first major successful type founders in England, a nation which previously relied on type imported from Dutch foundries. This specimen, dates from the latter part of the Caslon firm’s activities; it was reproduced in E. Chambers’s Cyclopædia in 1786.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School