Ames, Typographical antiquities, 1749 ([A]1r)

This title page carefully uses a combination of gothic, roman, black, and red letters to evoke the earlier printing that is its subject while still looking enticingly contemporary.

This title page carefully uses a combination of gothic, roman, black, and red letters to evoke the earlier printing that is its subject while still looking enticingly contemporary.

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Joseph Ames, Typographical antiquities: being an historical account of printing in England. London: Printed by W. Faden for J. Robinson, 1749. (sig. [A]1r)

Boston Public Library, Z151 .A51 1749x (public domain)

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