Looking for "A Specimen of Printing Types by Fry, Steele, & Co"

Fernando Díaz

Hi everyone,

A friend of mine is doing research about type first books printed on Argentina and Uruguay, we are desperately looking for any information regarding:

• Fry, Edmund y Isaac Steel, A Specimen of Printing Types by Fry, Steele, & Co.,
   Letter-founders to the Prince of Wales, Typestreet. London: 1800 y 1805.

Thanks in advanced
Fernando & Fabio Ares.

James Puckett

Joseph and Edmund Fry are Chapter 15 of Reed’s History of the Old English Letter Foundries.

Also, Millington gave them most of page 104 in Stephenson Blake, the Last of the Old English Typefounders. I just emailed you a scan.

PabloImpallari

De Fry (Joseph & Sons) tengo unas imagenes de los specimens de 1785, adjunto aca abajo.
Si de casualidad también le sirve Figgins, tengo un libro (facsímiles) de los specimens de 1801 y 1812

PabloImpallari

Esto también puede servir, English foundries genealogical tree:

Fernando Díaz

Gracias Pablo, en particular estamos buscando el de 1800 y 1805, si lo conseguís por algún lado o sabés de alguien que lo pueda tener, sería genial.

Gracias y abrazos desde el otro lado del charco.

Fernando Díaz

Thanks to Paul W. Nash, he has traced both of the books here:

"The 1800 and 1805 specimens are recorded as held by:
1800: •American Antiquarian Society, Newberry, OUP (now at the Bodleian),
          •St Bride Library
1805: •St Bride Library only."

Thanks everyone!

Thierry Blancpain

I’m not sure if the forum actually has this as a rule, but to keep content accessible for everyone on here, it would be great if you could keep everything in English @PabloImpallari & @Fernando Díaz.