Typefoundries in the Netherlands, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century: a history based mainly on material in the collection of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen at Haarlem

• • Is type of work 

    Books

By

• • Has author 

    Enschedé, Charles

Contributors

• • Contributor 

    Stichting Museum Enschedé
  • Contributor 

    Hoeflake, Netty
  • Contributor 

    Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
  • Has editor 

    Carter, Harry
  • Has editor 

    Hellinga-Querido, Lotte

Publisher

• Publication

  Haarlem: Stichting Museum Enschedé, 1978

• Year

  • Publication year 

    1978

Is about

• Subject

  • As subject 

    typography
  • As subject 

    cultuurgeschiedenis
  • As subject 

    boekwetenschap
  • As subject 

    boekdrukkunst
  • As subject 

    lettertypen
  • As subject 

    lettergieterijen

• Period

  1400-1899

Type

• Language

  • Has publication language 

    English

• Translated from

  • Is translated from 

    French

Classification

• ISBN

  • 9070024136
  • 9789070024130

Annotations / title notes

• Notes

  • An updated version of the work originally published in 1908 under title: Fonderies de caractères et leur matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe siècle.
  • "First published in French in 1908"--Title page.
  • "Type-specimen issued by Jan van Hout, Leyden, between 1593 and 1597" (photoreproduction)--Loose leaf.
  • "This edition consists of 1,500 copies numbered 1 to 1,500 and 50 copies, bearing roman numerals from I to L, which are not for sale"--Page [478].

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