William Caslon, 1693-1766 : the ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder
1973, 1st edition. Kineton : Roundwood Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #428368
ISBN: 0900093137
Physical description: xxviii, 494, [63] pages (2 folded) : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits (1 color) ; 25 cm. Contents: William Cason's ancestry -- Halesowen schools during Caslon's boyhood -- Halesowen in the West Midlands iron trade 1650-1720 -- Caslon's birth-place as seen in the parish resgister 1650-1720 -- William Caslon becomes a Loriner -- The gunmakers of Birmingham and London -- Caslon among the goldsmiths and silversmiths -- Caslon's professional brethren -- Eastern travel, Arabic scholarship and foreign missions -- The S.P.C.K., Dr. Thomas Bray and his links with Halesowen -- Booksellers, authors and their market -- Newspapers to the time of Caslon -- Caslon among the printers and booksellers -- Some technicalities of printing and letter founding -- Some title pages of books before the Caslon era -- Caslon makes his name -- Caslon as a punch-cutter and letter-founder -- Title pages of some books in the Caslon era -- Links between Baskerville, Shenstone, Rowe Mores and Caslon -- William Caslon's pupils and followers -- Type-set, engraved and punched-plate music -- Caslon's music concerts -- Chronology of Caslon's ancestry, life and connections. Subjects: Caslon, William 1693-1766. 18th century. Printing England History. Type and type-founding History. Type and type-founding England History.
Price: €21.00