Elegant Cursive Type Face Designed (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Espinosa, Antonio. Muestras de los caracteres que se funden por direccion de D.Antonio Espinosa de Los Monteros y Abbadia, academico de la Real de San Fernando, uno de sus primeros pensionados, en matrices hechas enteramente por el mismo, con punziones, que igualmente prosigue trabajando hasta concluir un surtido completo.[Madrid c1778] 8vo. [16] leaves. Text on rectos only; each page surrounded by individual typographical border. Marbled wrappers. Rare Spanish type specimen catalogue by the distinguished designer, founder, and printer, Antonio Espinosa (1732-1812) from Murcia, creator of the elegant cursive type for the famous Ibarra edition of Sallust (1772). The catalogue presents a selection of available type specimens designed and cast by Espinosa at his type foundry in Madrid. The cursive type faces are shown on leaves 4 and 6 (rectos); the last leaf (recto) contains examples of small type suitable for glossaries. The title-page is reproduced in Hipólito Escobar, Historia ilustrada del libro español (Madrid 1994), p228. The author was one of the first members of the Royal Academy of Arts of San Fernando established in 1752 by King Fernando VI. As a printer Espinosa is celebrated for his grand topographical plan of Madrid (1769). Title lightly foxed with neat repair in blank margin, some minor traces of usage, otherwise in good condition. Palau 184145 (lists a copy with 24 leaves); Updike II, 81 remarkable (in) that roman characters in some cases and italic in all have an extraordinary quality of penwork .