LIST OF TYPE-SPECIMENS

Broadsheet. New York, Columbia UL (formerly Jersey City,
N. J., Typographic Library and Museum), (with notes of
prices).

Reproduced by D. C. McMurtrie, 'The Brothers Vostens and their
successors,' in: The inland printer, October 1924, p. 62.

Copy and Print p. 126.

ІЗ4

1788

J. de Groot, Mechlin.

Epreuve Des Caracteres, Qui se Fondoient Ci-devant A La Haye
Dans La Fonderie De Jo De Groot, présentement Etablie A
Malines. 1788.

Octavo. 112 leaves. Antwerp mpm.

Leaf 9 contains a tide-page in Dutch which seems to be iden¬
tical with no. 129 of the present list. This specimen is
therefore probably a title-issue with additional preliminary
matter from no. 129.

Copy and Print p. 131.

*35

1788

Nicolaas Cornel and Hendrik Wyt, Rotterdam.

Proeve van Romeinsche, Cursyfsche, Duitsche, Hebreeuw¬
sche, Grieksche, Arabische, en Samaritaansche Letteren,
Als Mede ... Teekenen, ... dewelke te vinden zyn in de
boekdrukkery van Nicolaas Cornel en Hendrik Wyt, Te
Rotterdam in den Oppert. 1788.

Octavo. Amsterdam ѵвв; ul, collection Tetterode.

Copy and Print p. 131.

136 x789

Mathias Rosart, Brussels.

Epreuves Des Caractères De La Fonderie De Mathias Rosart. A

Bruxelles, Rue Neuve. 1789.
Octavo and Duodecimo. 144 leaves. Amsterdam ѵвв. Oxford,

Broxbourne Library (deposit Bodleian Library).
Both copies are bound with Épreuves Des Tarotées De La

Fonderie Des Caractères De Mathias Rosart. A Bruxelles,

Rue Neuve, 1789. Octavo and Duodecimo. 19 leaves.
Copy and Print p. 131.

Il6 â undated (c. 1790)

Ulrich Amman, Berne.
Inc. : Ces caraüeres ont une légère interligne:... Colophon: fU. Amman,

à Canton Bern.J
Single-piece. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, стѵ 543 (two

copies, probably two different issues of the specimen, the

later one wanting the colophon).

137 W

Johann Carl Ludwig Prillwitz, Jena.

Prillwitz Proben von neuen Französischen oder verbesserten sogenanten
Didotschen Lettern. Inc.: Doppel Mittel Antiqua Friedrichs
grose ...

Half-sheet. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, стѵ 546.
With it is a small specimen of 'Mittel Syrisch' cut in 1787.
Cf. H. Koch, Die Jenaer Schriftgiesser, 1956, pp. 21-25.

j^g Undated (1792 ?)

Hendrik van Staden, Amsterdam.
Nieuwe St. Augustyn Romyn, naar de Snêe van Mr. Dido, à

Paris, te Amsterdam by Hendrik van Staden. Inc. : Als

Alexander Magnus eens ...

Quarter-sheet. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 535, with

manuscript note bearing the date 1792.
Copy and Print p. 131.

49

Undated (after 1792)

Brothers Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam.

Proeve Van Eenige Nieuwe Schriften, Van Eene Nieuwe snede;
Welke onderanderen voorhanden zyn en gegooten worden,
op de Lettergietery, onder de Firma Gebroeders Ploos van
Amstel ; Op de Leydsche Graft, te Amsterdam.

Octavo. 16 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, стѵ 530 h.
Amsterdam ul, Collection Tetterode; ѵвв; Oxford, Brox¬
bourne Library (deposit Bodleian Library).

The previous specimen book is referred to in the preface as
issued in 1784. The present specimen cannot have been
issued before May 1792, the date when the firm moved to
the Leidsegracht.

Copy and Print p. 130.

I40 J793

Herdingh and Du Mortier, Leyden.

Proeve Van Letteren, Welke Gevonden Worden Ter Boetdrutteryë
Van Herdingh En Du Mortier, Te Leyden, 1793.

Octavo. 62 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 567.
Amsterdam ѵвв; ul, collection Tetterode; The Hague, rl,
3107 в 26; Oxford, Broxbourne Library (deposit Bodleian
Library).

Copy and Print p. 131.

r,, 1794. 27 September

Heirs of H. van der Putte, Amsterdam.

Catalogus Van een fraaije Party Letters In Onderscheide Soor¬
ten, Volgens Proeven in dezen Catalogus opgegeven. Benevens Twee
Druk-Perssen En verdere Gereedschappen tot eene welge-
schikte Boekdrukkery behoorende ... Alles by een ver¬
zameld door de Erve H. v. d. Putte. Welke Verkogt zullen
worden op ... 27 September 1794 ... ten Huize van de Erve
H. van der Putte, op het Water Te Amsterdam, By P. de Hengst
en J. de Jongh, Word deze Catalogus uitgegeven.

Quarto. 28 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 577.

Copy and Print p. 132.

I42

Undated (after 1795)
Brothers Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam.
Byvoegse! op de letter-proeven vande Gebroeders Ploos van Amstel, lettergieters.
Op de Leidsche Graft te Amsterdam, vertoonende verscheiden nieuwe
Schriften en bloemen, waarmeede derzelver gietery vermeerderd is.
Octavo. 10 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, стѵ 530 h.
For some arguments about the dating of this specimen see

p. 275.
Copy and Print p. 130.

1A1 Undated (1798 or shortly after)

J. F. Unger, Berlin.
Schriftproben der Didotschen und gewöhnlichen Lettern,

welche in der Ungerschen Schriftgiesserei in Berlin für

nebenstehende Preise zu haben sind.
Octavo. 38 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 547 a.

The last leaf contains music 'Erste Probe der neuen Noten

in der Ungerschen Schriftgiesserey in Berlin'.
For the arguments for dating this specimen see : E. Crous, Die

Schriftgiessereien in Berlin ... bis Unger, 1928, pp. 103,106.

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I44

Undated (c. 1804)

Hendrik Bruyn and Сотр., Amsterdam.

Verbeterde Letterproef, Waar in verscheide Nieuwe Schriften,
Als Mede Diversche Bloemen en Vignetten Te Vinden Zyn. Die
Gegooten worden Te Amsterdam, By Hendrik Bruyn en
Сотр., Boekdrukkers en Lettergieters, op het Rockin, by
de Langenbrug.

Octavo. 36 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV [533 с]
(imp.). Amsterdam ul, collection Tetterode.

Bigmore-Wyman date this specimen tentatively as 1810.

Copy and Print p. 129.

45

1804

Harmsen & Co, Amsterdam.
Letterproef Van Harmsen & Co. te Amsterdam.
Octavo. 98 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV p. 166.
The preface is dated 1 January 1804.

I46

1806

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem.
Proeve Van Letteren, Welke Gegoten Worden In De Haarlem-

sche Lettergietery Van Joh. Enschedé en Zoonen, 1806.
Octavo. 108 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 796
(i8o6) 1—3. Oxford, Broxbourne Library (deposit Bodleian
Library).

47

1825

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem.
Proeve Van Letteren, Welke gegoten worden in de Haarlem-

sche Lettergietery Van Joh. Enschedé en Zonen.
Folio. 42 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 796 (1825)

1—4 (one copy with notes). The Hague rl, 475 в 50.
The specimen was issued before 1830 with nine additional

leaves, стѵ 796 (1825) 5—7.

I48 l83°

Anthony Bessemer, London.

Specimen of the Last Modern Cut Printing Types, by A. Bessemer,
Letter-Founder, 54, Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London.
1830.

Octavo. London, St. Bride Printing Library 6235.

Reproduced in Journal of the Printing Historical Society 5, 1969,
pp. 99, sqq.

ЦП 1847, 20 April

K. Elix, Amsterdam.

Notifie van eene complete collectie goed geconserveerde Ge¬
reedschappen, behoord hebbende tot eene sedert weinige
jaren geheel nieuw opgerichte Lettergieterij, ... Alles af-

komstig van de Gieterij, en gedreven door wijlen den Heer
К. Elix, (onder de Firma Elix & Co., te Amsterdam]. Al het-
welk publiek verkocht zal worden door den Boekhande-
laar C. Weddepohl, ... 20 April 1847 ... en wel ter plaatse,
alwaar deze Fabrijk is uitgeoefend. (Ingang in de Water-
steeg, bij het Rok-In, te Amsterdam.). Amsterdam, 1847.

Octavo. Amsterdam ѵвв (2 copies, one with notes of prices
and buyers, but Enschedé's name is not among them. The
Enschedé accounts show, however, that type was bought
at this auction (Onkostenboek Lettergieterij 1847/48, No.
26/22, leaf 174, dated 24 April 1847).

The contents of Elix's printers shop were sold by auction on
13 May 1846.

I5O

Undated (1867)

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem.
Specimen De Caractères Typographiques Anciens Qui se

Trouvent Dans La collection typographique De Joli. Enschedé

et Fils Imprimeurs à Harlem.
Octavo. 69 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé. London bl.
With a historical introduction, dated 16 March 1867, by A. J.

March. The specimen of 1768 served as example for this

specimen, but it was not possible to reprint it in every detail.

Ï51

Undated (1884)

MacKellar, Smiths, Jordan, Philadelphia.
Series of new and original Old Style Types. The MacKellar,

Smiths & Jordan Co., Philadelphia.
Quarto. 8 leaves. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, CTV 973. New

York, Columbia ul.
Issued in 1884, according to a note in the Museum Enschedé
copy. There are also copies of specimens of 1863 and 1873
issued by the same company in the Enschedé collection.

j-2 1910

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem.

Die Ungerschen Druckschriften, Schriftgiesserei Joh. En¬
schedé en Zonen, Haarlem, August 1910.

Octavo. 28 pp. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, 24 A 18.

Reprinted from: Probe einer neuen Art Deutscher Lettern.
Erfunden und in Stahl geschnitten von J. F. Unger. Berlin
1793-

j-, 1919

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem.
Die Hochdeutschen Schriften aus dem i5ten bis zum i9ten

Jahrhundert der Schriftgiesserei und Druckerei von Joh.

Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem.
100pp. Haarlem, Museum Enschedé, 14 A iv 6.

INDEX OF LOCATIONS

Amsterdam, Federane der Werkgeversorganisatièn in het
Boekdrukkersbedrijf (Federatie) : 114, 129.
University Library (ul): 67, 70, 72, 80, 94, in, 114, 115,119,

129.135.139. 4°. 44-

Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de belangen des Boek-
handels (ѵвв): ioo, 113,114, 132, 135,136,139,140,149.
Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus (mpm): i, 2, 3, 6, 7, 25,
29, 31, 36, 40, 48, 49, 58, 59, 71, 112, 116a, 126, 129, 131, 134.

Brussels, Royal Library (rl): ioo, 105, in, 113,114,124,126.
BUDAPEST, National Archives (na): 27.
Cambridge, Magdalen College (Pepys Library): 26.

University Library (ul): 19.
Frankfurt AM MAIN, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek

(sub): 4, 9,14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24. (The Gustav Mori

Collection of specimen-sheets has the shelf-mark

Нм6:Ет6).

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