A History of the Old English Letter Foundries
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1. A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES.2. PREFACE.3. CONTENTS.4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.5. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER THE TYPES AND TYPEFOUNDING OF THE FIRST PRINTERS.6. CHAPTER I THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES.7. CHAPTER II. TYPE FACES (CONTINUED). THE LEARNED, FOREIGN, AND PECULIAR CHARACTERS.8. CHAPTER III. THE PRINTER LETTER-FOUNDERS, FROM CAXTON TO DAY.9. CHAPTER IV. LETTER-FOUNDING AS AN ENGLISH MECHANICAL TRADE. 1477–1830.10. CHAPTER V. THE STATE CONTROL OF ENGLISH LETTER-FOUNDING.11. CHAPTER VI. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY.12. CHAPTER VII. THE STAR CHAMBER FOUNDERS, AND THE LONDON POLYGLOT.13. CHAPTER VIII. JOSEPH MOXON, 1659.14. CHAPTER IX. THE LATER FOUNDERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.15. CHAPTER X. THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES, 1710.16. CHAPTER XI. WILLIAM CASLON, 1720.17. CHAPTER XII. ALEXANDER WILSON, 1742.18. CHAPTER XIII. JOHN BASKERVILLE, 1752.19. CHAPTER XIV. THOMAS COTTRELL, 1757.20. CHAPTER XV. JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY, 1764.21. CHAPTER XVI. JOSEPH JACKSON, 1763.22. CHAPTER XVII. WILLIAM MARTIN, 1790.23. CHAPTER XVIII. VINCENT FIGGINS, 1792.24. CHAPTER XIX. MINOR FOUNDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.25. CHAPTER XX. WILLIAM MILLER, 1809.26. CHAPTER XXI. THE MINOR FOUNDERS, 1800–1830.27. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH LETTER-FOUNDERS’ SPECIMENS NOTED IN THIS WORK. 1665–1830.28. LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED OR REFERRED TO.29. INDEX.30. NOTES