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Title
[Type specimen].
Created/published
[Antwerp?] : [s.n.], [ca. 1565]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 39 x 31 cm
Note
Type specimen sheet attributed to François Guyot. Typefaces include canon roman, double pica in roman and italic, great primer italic, and pica roman and italic.
Title devised by cataloger.
For the attribution to Guyot, date, and place of publication see Dreyfus, J. Type specimen facsimiles v.1, p. 1.
Title devised by cataloger.
For the attribution to Guyot, date, and place of publication see Dreyfus, J. Type specimen facsimiles v.1, p. 1.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 14)
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7758.3 v.3 no.6
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7758.3 v.3 no.6: "Guyot's speciman sheet", The Collation (22 September 2011)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7758.3 v.3 no.6: "Guyot's speciman sheet", The Collation (22 September 2011)
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
STC 7758.3 v.3 no.6 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Ruled in red. Manuscript inscriptions listing prices for matrices (some cropped). At upper left margin: "Justifyed with instrument and all that [t]h[er]to belongethe 22 gylden makethe £ij xiijs. iiij d." The individual typefaces are noted with manuscript letters "a" through "e" with prices listed. Was fol. 122 of Dyson before re-housing. For a full description of this collection see record for STC 7758.3.