Type Specimen. Specimen of Printing Types by V. & J. Figgins, successors to Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1836, title-page, 200 leaves of type and ornament specimens printed rectos only, one folding, toning, spotting and finger-soiling to later leaves, a few faint spots and finger-marks elsewhere, closed tear in one leaf (of Greek types), original green cloth, printed titles to spine and covers, headcaps and front joint chipped and repaired, large 8vo (24.2 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1) Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 218 (for issues dated 1832 and 1835). ‘Vincent Figgins, born in Peckham, England, was one of the most influential early 19th-century typefounders working in London’ (Macmillan, An A-Z of Type Designers, p. 82). This catalogue contains examples of the company's pioneering slab serif typefaces, as well as Persian, Hebrew, Syriac and Greek types, various rules, head- and tailpieces, and other vignettes.
Type Specimen. Specimen of Printing Types by V. & J. Figgins, successors to Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder, West Street, West Smithfield, London, 1836, title-page, 200 leaves of type and ornament specimens printed rectos only, one folding, toning, spotting and finger-soiling to later leaves, a few faint spots and finger-marks elsewhere, closed tear in one leaf (of Greek types), original green cloth, printed titles to spine and covers, headcaps and front joint chipped and repaired, large 8vo (24.2 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1) Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 218 (for issues dated 1832 and 1835). ‘Vincent Figgins, born in Peckham, England, was one of the most influential early 19th-century typefounders working in London’ (Macmillan, An A-Z of Type Designers, p. 82). This catalogue contains examples of the company's pioneering slab serif typefaces, as well as Persian, Hebrew, Syriac and Greek types, various rules, head- and tailpieces, and other vignettes.
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