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

by Talbot Baines Reed

A HIS­TORY OF THE OLD EN­GLISH LET­TER FOUN­DRIES.

58. Interior of Caslon’s Foundry in 1750. From the Universal Magazine. (The mould is described, p. [108]).

A HISTORY

OF THE

OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES,

WITH NOTES,

Historical and Bibliographical,

ON THE

RISE AND PROGRESS OF ENGLISH TYPOGRAPHY.

BY

TALBOT BAINES REED.

LONDON:

ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

1887.