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- Covers edges sl. browned; front cover creased/ dam. Hinges broken; one leaf section torn out of outer margin w. remains on adjacent leaf.
Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des boekhandels. Tentoonstelling van hulpmiddelen voor den boekhandel. Amst., n.publ., 1881, 47,(1),133,(1)p., printed in red and black, num. col. lithogr. advertisements, ills., giltlettered hcalf, 4to.
- First 4 quires (sl.) foxed. Spine discoloured; upper spine-end dam.; top of lower joint splitting.
WITH: Supplement tot den catalogus der tentoonstelling van hulpmiddelen voor den boekhandel. N.pl., n.publ., n.d., 49-56p., printed in red and black.
- First page browned.
AND 18 others on printing (presses/ supplies), i.a. A.J. VAN DER LINDE, Prijscourant A voor kunstschilders (n.pl., n.d., num. ills., orig. (dam.) wr.); KLIMSCH & CO., Preisliste C (n.pl., n.d., plates, ills., orig. wr.) and J. MORAN, Printing presses (London, 1973, plates, ills., orig. gilt cl. w. (sl. stained) dustwr., sm. 4to).
- Paint occas. worn/ chipped off. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
= Published by the paper firm Proost en Brandt, Amsterdam, to send to relations. Includes vols. 156, 163, 261, 275, 304, 305, 318, 327, 330, 353, 364, 367, 372, 376 (2x), 380, 381, 383, 386, 388, 393, 420, 421, 443 (2x) and 459.
AND 18 other (partly unnumb.) Proost Prikkels (incl. 8 posters), i.a. DE SPIRAAL, no. 114-116, 118 (ibid., 1956, 4 vols., orig. wr., obl. 8vo).
= Published by the paper firm Proost en Brandt, Amsterdam, to send to relations: no. 22, 28, 37, 43, 71, 156, 163, 176, 216, 236, 246, 253, 254, 261, 272, 275, 287, 288, 298, 303, 304, 305, 308, 315, 317, 320, 324, 337, 339, 340, 346, 353, 356, 358, 359, 362, 364, 365, 366, 369, 370, 371, 375, 376, 377, 379, 384, 388, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 397, 399, 400, 401, 402, 409, 413, 414, 415, 417, 418, 420, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 434, 459.
AND 6 other publications by the same.
- Wrappers occas. sl. foxed/ sunned/ duststained. Otherwise fine.
= Incl. the following years: 1, 2 (no.2-4), 3 (no.1, 2, 4-10), 4 (no.5, 6, 9, 10), 5 (no.1-7, 9, 10), 6 (no.6, 12), 7, 9 (no.1-9), 10, 11 (no.1-4, 6), 12-13, 14 (no.1-4, 6), 15, 16 (no.3-4), 18 (no.3), 19 (no.1) and 24 (no.3). With the "extra jaarbeursnummer" (September 1950).
- Sl. yellowed/ foxed; some defects in outer blank margins.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Dustwr. sl. browned.
Ronner, L. De geschiedenis van het ornament in het boek. Amst., Amsterdamsche Grafische School, 1934, XI,(1),178,(2)p., 50 plates, num. ills., orig. (sl. dustsoiled) hcl. - AND 12 others, mainly on typography, i.a. D. DOOIJES, Wegbereiders van de moderne boektypografie in Nederland (Amst., 1988, ills., orig. boards, obl. 8vo); H. VAN KRIMPEN, Boek over het maken van boeken (Veenendaal, 1986, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and G. UNGER, Terwijl je leest (Amst., 2006, ills., orig. blindst. cl. w. dustwr.).
- Joints trifle rubbed.
= Lane/ Lommen 198. Contains "Arabische schriften", "Arabisch-Maleische schriften", "Maleische schriften (Romein en Cursief)", "Javaansche Schriften", "Balineesch", "Mandailingsch", "Macassaarsch", "Lampongsch" and "Boegineesch".
Idem. Letterproef van Oostersche Schriften uit de lettergieterij van Joh. Enschedé & Zonen te Haarlem. N.pl. (Haarlem), idem, (1907), XII,46p., printed in a lim. numb. ed., orig. dec. cl., 4to.
- Sl. foxed. Good copy. = Lane/ Lommen 196.
- Sl. foxed. Sm. stain in lower left corner frontcover.
= One of 60 copies on Japanese, bound in full gilt leather, t.e.g. This copy printed on the name of A.J. Enschedé. Lane/ Lommen 74.
- Covers sl. yellowed; lacks backstrip. = Lane/ Lommen 96.
Idem. Die Hochdeutschen Schriften aus dem 15ten bis zum 19ten Jahrhundert der Schriftgießerei und Druckerei von Joh. Enschede en Zonen in Haarlem. Ibid., idem, 1919, no pagination, printed in red and black, orig. marbled wr. w. paper title-piece, 4to.
- Sl. rubbed. = Lane/ Lommen 93.
AND 1 other (Lane/ Lommen 98).
- One leaf loose (otherwise fine). = Not in Lane/ Lommen. Rare.
AND ±30 other publications on/ by the same, i.a. Prijscourant behoorende bij de letterproef van de lettergieterij Joh. Enschedé en Zonen (Haarlem, 1932, orig. wr.) and specimens of the following types: Fallstaff (±1935), Romulus (±1940), Marina (1958?), Spectrum (1958?), Spartan (2 variants, ±1965, 1 not in Lane/ Lommen), Bodoni (±1966) and Baskerville (1972).
= One of 50 Roman numb. copies. Playful "typespecimen" of the typographical material present in the Grafisch Centrum Groningen, printed by 25 Dutch private presses connected with it. Contains contributions by i.a. Albert Bouma, Elze ter Harkel, Peter Lazarov, Dick Ronner, Antje Veldstra and Pim Witteveen.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Frontcover sl. stained. = Fine typespecimen.
J.F. Duwaer & Zonen. Letterproef van de lettersoorten, ornamenten, lijnen, randen, vignetten, enz. Amst., J.F. Duwaer & Zonen, n.d. (±1930?), 132,(2),XIVp., orig. gilt cl., sm. 4to.
- Binding sl. soiled. Otherwise fine.
N.V. Boekhandel en drukkerij voorheen E.J. Brill. Letterproef. Leyden, Boekhandel en drukkerij voorheen E.J. Brill, 1914, 120p., orig. hcl.
- Free endpapers browned. Binding worn/ rubbed.
AND 11 other typespecimens by various printers, i.a. Blikman & Sartorius (Amst.), Buis (The Hague), Meijer (Wormerveer) and Verweij (Mijdrecht).
- Folded (fine). = Supplement to Lane/ Lommen 331.
Idem. Romaansch. Boek- courant- en fantasie-letter. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1908), 48p., printed in various colours, orig. wr., 4to.
- Wr. edges sl. browned. = Lane/ Lommen 1078.
AND 42 other small typespecimens and samples, all by Lettergieterij Amsterdam, mostly in good/ fine condition.
- A few lvs. (sl.) foxed. Joints strengthened/ repaired; binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed.
= Lane/ Lommen 334. The most extensive specimen published by this firm.
- Front cover sl. rubbed/ soiled.
= Lane/ Lommen 342. According to documentation found by Lane/ Lommen, designed by S.H. de Roos.
NV Lettergieterij en Machinehandel voorheen N. Tetterode. Handboek van moderne drukletterseries. (Ibid.), Lettergieterij en Machinehandel voorheen N. Tetterode, n.d. (1964), 192[=216]p., printed in black, red and blue, orig. gilt cl., 8vo.
- Spine discoloured. = Lane/ Lommen 376.
AND 5 others, i.a. LETTERGIETERIJ "AMSTERDAM" VOORHEEN N. TETTERODE, Beknopte proef van drukletters. Choix de caractères modernes (ibid., (±1947), printed in various colours, orig. dec. (sl. rubbed) cl., 4to. Several pages (sl.) inkstained due to printing flaw. Lane/ Lommen 348); P.J.W. OLY, De grondslag van het bedrijf der Lettergieterij Amsterdam voorheen N. Tetterode (Westzaan, 1983, num. ills., orig. wr.) and J.A. LANE and M. LOMMEN, Letterproeven van Nederlandse gieterijen./ Dutch Typefounders' specimens (Amst., 1998, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- First leaf nibbled by silverfish; last leaf creased. Wr. sl. rubbed/ worn.
= Very extensive specimen.
WITH: Idem. Specimen Book Linotype Faces. One-line specimens. Supplementing book of 1920. Ibid., idem, 1923, orig. hcl., 4to. - AND 20 others, mostly (monotype/ linotype) typespecimens.
- First and final 2 lvs. (sl.) foxed. Lower joint splitting.
= Rare specimen for cinema (inter)title type and borders.
AND 15 others, i.a. J.J. GROEN & ZOON, Letterproef bevattende de aanwinsten der laatste jaren van onze boek- en smoutletter (Leyden, 1934, printed in black and red, orig. blindst. calf, (sl. dam.) slipcase) and DE BRAKKE GROND, Letterproef der drukkerij De Brakke Grond (Amst., 1916, printed in various colours, orig. gilt (sl. dam.) cl.).