CASLON OLD FACE, Roman & Italic. Cast Entirely from Matrices Produced from the Original Punches, Engraved in the Early Part of the Eighteenth Century in Chiswell Street, London by William Caslon

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Published by H.W. Cason & Co.: London, 1924

About this Item

Frontis portrait, folding plate; illus., 12.5 x 9.5", wraps, 63pp, covers worn, darkened and edge-worn/chipped, front cover detached, spine badly chipped and torn, textblock toned at edges, stain on front fly; folding plate at front detached (but present), a rather well-used copy, but INSCRIBED "To J. Clyde Oswald, With the kind regards of…April 2, 1924", AND SIGNED BY ALBERT H. CASLON. John Clyde Oswald wrote several books on printed, including "Printing in the Americas".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CASLON OLD FACE, Roman & Italic. Cast Entirely from Matrices Produced from the Original Punches, Engraved in the Early Part of the Eighteenth Century in Chiswell Street, London by William Caslon
• Publisher: H.W. Cason & Co.: London
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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