Books and Manuscripts · Lot 554

[Typespecimens]. Enschedé, C. Typefoundries in the Netherlands from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Engl. rev. and annot. transl. H. Carter and N. Hoeflake, ed. L. Hellinga.

Haarlem, Stichting Mus. Enschedé, 1978, XXVIII,477,(1)p., frontisp., num. initials, vignettes etc., printed in 1550 numb. copies (1500), typography by BRAM DE DOES, orig. giltlettered hcalf in plain board slipcase, folio.

Lot

554

Auction

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Section

BIBLIOGRAPHY and TYPOGRAPHY

Comes up

Session of Tuesday 24 November 2026, 9.30 am, around 10.15 am

Estimate

€40 – €60

Photos

1 photo

Condition

Tiny tear in top of spine. Without the loosely inserted plate of the type-specimen of JAN VAN HOUT.

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