A history of the old English letter foundries, with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and progress of English typography (1887)
Reed, Talbot Baines, 1852-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 379
CHAPTER XVII. WILLIAM^ MARTIN, 1790. … own house " to cut sets of types after approved models in imitation of the sharp and fine letter used by the French and Italian printers." On the establishment of the famous "Shakespeare Press,"3 by Messrs. 1 See ante, p. 281. 2 George Nicol was born in 1741, and was for many years bookseller to…
Typography · Printing
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