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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH LETTER-FOUNDERS’ SPECIMENS NOTED IN THIS WORK. 1665–1830.

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1665. Nicholls 179

1669. Moxon 192

1693. Oxford 162

1695. Oxford 162

1706. Oxford 162

(1708?) Oxford 162

1734. Caslon 256

1749. Caslon 256

1749. Caslon and Son 256

1749. Caslon and Son 256

(1752?) Baskerville 287

1753. Anderton 350

(1756?) Baine 350

(1757?) Baskerville 287

(1758?) Baskerville 287

(1762?) Baskerville 287

(1760?) Cottrell 297

1763. Caslon and Son 256

1764. Caslon and Son 256

(1765?) Jackson 329

1766. Caslon 256

(1766?) Cottrell 313

1768. Moore (London) 313

1768. Fougt 351

1768–70. Oxford 163

1770. Caslon 256

1770. Caslon 256

1770. Cottrell 297

1770. Moore 313

1772. Wilson 266

(1778?) Oxford 163

1782. James 230

(1783?) Jackson 329

1783. Wilson 266

1784. Caslon and Son 256

1785. Caslon 256

1785. Caslon 256

1785. Caslon 297

(1785?) Cottrell 297

1785. Fry and Sons 313

1785. Fry and Sons 313

1786. Oxford 163

1786. Caslon 256

1786. Wilson 266

1786. Fry and Sons 313

1787. E. Fry and Co. 313

1787. Baine 350

1788. E. Fry and Co. 313

1789. Wilson 266

1789. Bell and Stephenson 354

1790. Fry and Co 313

(1792) Figgins 344

1793. E. Fry and Co. 314

(1793) Figgins 344

1794. Oxford 163

1794. Thorne 297

1794. Fry and Steele 314

1794. Fry and Steele 314

1794. Figgins 344

1795. Fry and Steele 314

1796. S. and C. Stephenson 354

1797. S. and C. Stephenson 354

1798. Thorne 297

(1798?) Jackson 329

1798. Caslon III 329

1798. Caslon III 329

1800. Fry, Steele, and Co. 314

1801. Fry, Steele, and Co. 314

1802. Figgins 344

(1802?) Figgins 344

1802. Swinney 353

1803. Fry, Steele, and Co. 314

1803. Thorne 297

1803. Caslon III and Son 329

1805. Caslon & Catherwood 256

1805. Fry and Steele 314

(1805?) Fry and Steele 314

1807. Caslon IV 329

1808. Caslon & Catherwood 256

1808. Fry and Steele 314

(1809) Miller 356

(1812?) Caslon and Catherwood 256

1812. Wilson 266

1813. Miller 356

1815. Wilson 266

1815. Figgins 344

1815. Miller 356

1816. Ed. Fry 314

1817. Figgins 344

(1819) Blake, Garnett 329

1819. Pouchée 362

1820. Ed. Fry and Son 314

1821. Thorowgood 297

1821. Figgins 344

1821. Bessemer 359

1822. Thorowgood 297

1822. Miller 356

1823. Wilson 266

1824. Ed. Fry 314

1824. Figgins 344

(1824?) Hughes 364

1825. Bessemer and Catherwood 359

1826. Blake, Garnett 329

1826. Figgins 344

1827. Fry 314

1827. Blake, Garnett 329

1827. Figgins 344

1827. Austin 361

1827. Pouchée 362

1828. Wilson 267

1828. Thorowgood 297

1828. Blake, Garnett 329

1830. Caslon and Livermore 256

1830. Thorowgood 297

1830. Thorowgood 297

1830. Blake and Stephenson 329

1830. Bessemer 359

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