Lane, John A.

EARLY TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE PLANTIN-MORETUS MUSEUM.

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 edition. *The Plantin-Moretus Museum has one of the world's richest collections of type specimens, many surviving nowhere else. Item #076424

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