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Article: Lane, John A. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum.
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- Printing History
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- January 1, 2007
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LANE, JO HN A. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum. With a preface by Hendrik D. L. Vervliet. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2004. 344 pp. ISBN 1-58456-139-4. $95.00; 60.00 [pounds sterling].
The importance of the Plantin-Moretus collection of type specimens is well established. Of the two hundred items in the collection, half are unique, over eighty being produced in-house for customers or shop use. The most significant aspect of the collection, however (which is an UNESCO world treasure site), is its age. Founded in 1555, merely a century after the birth of printing from moveable type, it is without parallel. Only the ...