'Minor founders of the eighteenth century' in T B Reed & A F Johnson, History of the Old English Letter Foundries; with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and fall of English typography. A new edition revised and enlarged by A F Johnson

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Author(s) Reed, Talbot B, & Alfred F Johnson
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1952
Pages pp337-47
Publisher Faber & Faber
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Comprises short profiles: 'Samuel Jalleson, circa 1727'; 'Drummers, circa 1734'; 'Jacob Ilives, circa 1734'; 'Mr Ilives Foundery (sic), 1734'; 'The Westons'; 'John Baine, 1749'; 'George Anderton, 1753'; 'Henry Fougt, circa 1766'; 'Joseph Fenwick, circa 1770'; 'John Matthewson, after 1771'; 'McPhail, 1778'; 'John Walter and the Logographic Press, 1784'; 'Imisson, 1785'; 'John Bell and the British Letter Foundry, 1788'