THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
One other establishment of the seventeenth century has left a trace in an undated
specimen by Jacobus van de Velde, which we possess. The heading is in Dutch to
this eíTeét.
Specimen of types whereof the justified matrices and the moulds in which these letters
are cast, as well as the strikes for them are to be had for a reasonable price in Amsterdam from
J. van de Velde, bookseller, on the east side of the Groenburgwal, at the sign of iEschilus.
(J Jacobus van de Velde is recorded as a bookseller in Amsterdam at the time
of his marriage in 1682 and of his death in 1709. ' An advertisement repeating
the words of the heading to the specimen appeared in the Extraordinaire Haerlemse
Donderdaealtse Courant of 23 July 1699;2 so there are grounds for supposing that the
specimen was printed about that time. 33
The wording used by Van de Velde suggests that the foundry concerned was a
very small one ; and I should think it was not one of the two that I have postulated
as the forerunners of eighteenth-century firms in Amsterdam. Moreover, the types
exemplified being identifiable with some shown afterwards in the specimens of
R. C.Alberts & H. Uytwerf, of The Hague, we may conclude that their foundry too
was the continuation of one that existed in the seventeenth century.
The matrices owned by Alberts & Uytwerf also passed eventually to the Brothers
Ploos van Amstel. Among the types we acquired from them we still have one of the
types offered for sale by Van de Velde. It is our English-bodied Ronton No. 28 (figs, no,
in, p. 140). In our collection there is also one of the types shown in the earliest
specimens of Alberts & Uytwerf, the [Large] Two-line Small Fica Roman No. 29, reset here
as it appears in the specimens of the Brothers Ploos van Amstel (fig. 112, p. 140).3
In the preceding pages I have given such an account as I could of the type-
foundries at work during the seventeenth century in Amsterdam. No doubt, there
were foundries in other towns of the United Provinces;4 yet I have failed to dis¬
cover so much as the name of any such, excepting only that of the punchcutter and
letter-founder Arend Cornelisz. van Hogenacker (see pp. 66—68).
The original stock of the foundry of Alberts & Uytwerf, of The Hague, dates
from the end of the seventeenth century and includes the types sold by Jacobus
van de Velde in 1699. There are no grounds for thinking that they were successors
to Van Hogenacker.
[1] Kleertooper-Van Stocbim pp. 858, 860.
[2] Kleerfooper-Van Stocbim p. 859. The matrices were for
Roman and Italic on Pica, Small Pica, Long Primer, and
Brevier; for Roman on English body and Minion; for
'German' on Long Primer. The same material was advertised
for sale by Van de Velde in the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant for
22 May and 9 October 1700.
[3] I (H. Carter) think this is the Assendonica Roman shown
in the specimen of Nicholas Kis (see p. 131). In any case, the
lower-case a and m were replaced after this type was shown
as N. 2. Assendonica Romein in the (1784) specimen-book of the
Brothers Ploos van Amstel, see List of type-specimens No. 132.
[4] Nicolaas Briot, at Gouda in 1615, has already been no¬
ticed (pp. 112—113). Kleerboper- Wan Stocbim pp. 1315-1316 print a
power of attorney by Paulus Aartsz. van Ravesteyn, of Leyden,
dated 25 November 1636, for winding up a business in which
Jacques Carpentier, letter-founder, was a partner. Jacques Car-
pentier married the widow of Nicolaas Briot (J. W. Enschedé,
Nicolaas Briot en Jacques Carpentier, pp. 164,167).
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TYPES FROM DE GROOT
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zpe Prienden gezegt wierd, dat hy al
le ¡ih er aal was, en dat hy al te ve el gaf
den geenen die iets van hem ver zog ten:
Zo antwoorde hy hun en zeide: Het be-
taamt een Prince alle Menfchen goed
pehoor te geeven, en nimmermeer iemand
onvernoegt van zyn aangezicht te laaten
Weg gaan. Dit was waarlyk een regt
Koninglyk antwoord, 't welk waar dig is
dat het gedrukt werdt in alle de Herten
¿er Primen en Vorflen der ИУаегеЫ.
Fis. 119. Great Primer Italic no. 35. Resetting of part of
the type-specimen of Johannes de Groot, The Hague, 1781.
Als den Schilder apelles eens gevraagt
wierd, om wat reden hy de Fortuyn Ge-
fchildert had, recht overend, op haar voe-
ten flaande? Antwoordde hy, dewy I dat zy
geen blyvende nog zittende plaats en heeft.
Geevende alzoo te kennen, dat de Fortuyn,
от haar ongeßadige magi te vertoonen, ge-
dwongen is от gedurìglyk de Ryken Arm,
en de Armen Ryk te maaken, waar door dat
zy altóos de Ryken in vrees, en de Armen
in hoop doed le even.
Fig. 120. English-bodied Italic no. 36. Resetting of part of
the type-specimen of Johannes de Groot, The Hague, 1781.
Als Lodewyk Koning geworden was, wierd
hy vermaand van zyn Hovelingen, dat hy die
Perfoon van welken hy veel ongelyks geleden had,
toen hy nog Hertog van Orleans was, nu behoor-
de te fir ajfen. Zoo antwoordde hy en zeyde; het
komt de Koning van Vrankryk niet toe, te wreken
het geen teegen den Hertog van Orleans misdaan
is. Ons met zyn heerlyk exempel leerende, dat
het niemand pryfelyk nog geoorlofd is, als hy tot
eenen hoogen ßaat verheeven word, om zieh als
dan te wreeken over het ongelyk en de misdaaden
die hem in zyn voorigen tyd aangedaan zyn.
abcdefghiklmnopqrfstuvwxyz AB CDEFGIJK
LM1SS0PQRSTUVÌVXYZ.
Fig. 121. Pica Italic no. 37. Resetting of part of
the type-specimen of Johannes de Groot, The Hague, 1781.
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btn tootb.
Fig. 122. Brevier Black Letter no. 38. Resetting of part of
the type-specimen of Johannes de Groot, The Hague, 1781.
%1$ be f bilofoopb ЗДпйгвдогйё/ eeng in een gefeb
fepp тя£/ Ьйвс men Ьяп een iegelnfi йгойяЬ íp¿flft
30 зтеед ¿0 fttl/ en bebmong íjern яізо/ bat er niet
een moo¿bt nit зрп monr ging. €п я!# pm gebangt
toíerbt boo¿ een Ьяп pt gefelfcpp; tarnt be оо^яяп-
tatfll bflt btm belette te fp^eehen: 30 flnttaioo¿bbe bp en
fepbe/ от bflt ife gebenfi en inbflcfnig toorbe/ bflt mp
noont bet ttatíften/ тяяг bet fttatflflbíp¿eefien oeroumt
beeft. ФеЬепЬе on$ ñíjoo te Йеппеп/ bflt теп noont
mei йяп íp¿eefien/ in [jet ihta>flflbíp¿eefien ban ¡mbeten:
Fig. 123. Small Pica Black Letter no. 39. Resetting of part of
the type-specimen of Johannes de Groot, The Hague, 1781.
The only other typefounder who, to my knowledge, had seventeenth-century
types was Johannes de Groot, who set up a business at The Hague in 1752.1 shall
discuss this in the next chapter (see pp. 384—393). I think it possible that some of his
Black Letters came from Arend van Hogenacker; but his Romans and Italics were
evidently cut later, at the end of the seventeenth century. De Groot's matrices came
into our possession in 1818;1 but his Roman types were afterwards destroyed. Our
Italics from De Groot's foundry are in poor condition ; but I can give specimens
of some of them : a Great Printer Italic No. 35 (fig. 119), an English-bodied italic No. ф (fig. 120),
anda Pica Italic N0.37 (fig. 121). Our Black Letters, Brevier N0.38 (fig. 122) and Small Pica N0.30
(fig. 123), also came from De Groot. My figures are resettings from his specimen-
book of 1781.2
Johannes dc Groot
[1] See pp. 384,392,393.
[2] Proeve van letteren, J. de Groot, 's Graveiiliacje 17S1. List of type-specimens no. 129.
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