TYPEFACES -- PROEF VAN LETTEREN, Welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé. (Haarlem, J. Enschedé), 1768. (32) pp. engr. introd. text in the script type of J.M. Fleischman, 8 pp. 'Lyst der Pryzen' at end. W. engr. front., title within woodcut border and engr. vignette, 2 etched portraits of J. Enschedé and J.M. Fleischman, 3 etched/engr. plates w. statues, 2 of Laurens Jansz. Coster and 1 of Hadrianus Junius, 1 fold. engr. plate of the Enschedé type-foundry, and 80 lvs. w. typespecimens printed on recto only. Fine cont. mottled cf., spine raised in compartments. (Bind. only lightly chafed in places, some minor age-toning/foxing (also to fold. plate), but a v.g. copy). -- Added: Dutch and English copy of 'Het Huis Enschedé', published on the occasion of their 250th birthday in 1953. -- (3).
Very important and abundant 'letterproef'. Our copy together 108 lvs. - Lane & Lommen 10; Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 202.€ 1000
result € 1500