Colgate Type Specimen Collection at McGill University, part II: typefounding and type cutting

Web link. Note: I included only those items that are of interest to me, so this is a "personal" list. (Luc Devroye)


Audin, Marius, 1872-1951. Les livrets typographiques des fonderies françaises creées avant 1800 : étude historique et bibli Amsterdam : G.T. van Heusden, 1964. 1964 RBD COLG Colgate II. Audin Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Consu

Gaskell, Philip. Baskerville's punches / Philip Gaskell. -- Cambridge : At the University Press, 1953. 1953 RBD COLG Colgate II. Basker- ville Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)

Birrell & Garnett, Ltd. Catalogue of I. Typefounders' specimens. II. Books printed in founts of historic importance. III. Wo London : Birrell & Garnett, 1972, c1928. 1972 RBD COLG folio Colgate II. Birrell^& Garnett Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4

Carroll, John S. A note on the anatomy of type : the pin mark / by John S. Carroll. -- New York : Grimalkin Press, 1961. 1961 RBD COLG Colgate II. Carroll Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Con

Carroll, John S. The electro matrix : and a showing of antique type replicas cast from matrices made by the electro p New York : Grimalkin Press, 1959. 1959 RBD COLG Colgate II. Carroll Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Con

Enschedé, Charles, 1855-1919. Fonderies de caractères et leur matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe siècle : notice histori Haarlem : De Erven F. Bohn, 1908. 1908 RBD COLG folio Colgate II. Enschede Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)

Fournier, le jeune (Pierre Simon), 1712-1768. Fournier on typefounding : the text of the Manuel typographique (1764-1766) / translated into Englis New York : B. Franklin, [1973]. - 1973 RBD COLG Colgate II. Fournier Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Co

Genzsch & Heyse Schriftgiesserei, Hamburg. Der Schriftguss / Schriftgiesserei Genzsch & Heyse GmbH, Hamburg. -- Hamburg : Die Schriftgiesserei, [193-?] 1930 RBD COLG Colgate II. Genzsch Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Con

Gibson, John A few thoughts and facts on Goudy bold : number four in a series on typefaces / by John Gibson. -- [s.l. : s.n., 1958] 1958 RBD COLG folio Colgate II. Goudy Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By

Hunter, Dard, 1917- A specimen of type : an experiment in typefounding by employing the same methods and materials used Cambridge, Mass. : Paper Museum Press, 1940. 1940 RBD COLG Colgate II. Hunter Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Cons

Koch, Herbert, 1886- Die Jenaer Schriftgiesser : seit dem Jahn 1557 / Herbert Koch. -- Mainz : Verlag der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1956. 1956 RBD COLG Colgate II. Koch Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Consul

Le Bé, Guillaume, ca. 1565-1645. Sixteenth-century French typefounders: the Le Bé memorandum. Edited by Harry Carter; with a forewor Paris : Privately printed for A. Jammes, 1967. 1967 RBD COLG Colgate II. Le^Be Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Consu

Schulz-Anker, Erich. Formanalyse und Dokumentation einer serifenlosen Linearschrift auf neuer Basis : Syntax-Antiqua / Er Frankfurt a.M. : Stempel AG, 1969. 1969 RBD COLG folio Colgate II. Meyer Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By

Musson, A. E. (Albert Edward), 1920- The London Society of Master Letter-Founders, 1793-1820 / by A.E. Musson. -- [s.l. : s.n.], 1955. 1955 RBD COLG Colgate II. Musson Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Cons

Veyrin-Forrer, Jeanne. Les premiers caractères de l'Imprimerie Royale : étude sur un spécimen inconnu, MDCXLIII / par Je Paris : Jammes, 1958. 1958 RBD COLG folio Colgate II. Paris. Imp. Nationale Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bld

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. The Centaur types / by Bruce Rogers. -- Chicago : October House, 1949. 1949 RBD COLG Colgate II. Rogers Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Cons

Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel), 1909- Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 / Rollo G. Silver. -- Charlottesville, [Va.] : Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia [by 1965 BLDR MAIN Z250 A2 S5 1965 Blackader-Lauterman Regular Loan

Stephenson, Blake and Company, ltd. Notes on a typefoundry / Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. -- Sheffield ; London : The Company, [195-?] 1950 RBD COLG Colgate II. Stephen- son, Blake Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th f

Stephenson, Blake and Company, ltd. Notes on a typefoundry / Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. -- Sheffield ; London : The Company, [195-?] 1950 RBD COLG Colgate II. Stephen- son, Blake Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th f

Vervliet, Hendrik D. L. Sixteenth century printing types of the Low Countries. [By] H. D. L. Vervliet. [Translated from the Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, [1968] 1968 RBD COLG folio Colgate II. Vervliet Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)

Annenberg, Maurice, 1907-1979 Type foundries of America and their catalogs / compiled and written by Maurice Annenberg. -- Baltimore : Maran Print. Services, 1975. 1975 RBD COLG folio Colgate 2 A5T9 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Co

Annenberg, Maurice, 1907-1979. Type foundries of America and their catalogs / compiled and written by Maurice Annenberg ; with addi New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press, 1994. 1994 RBD COLG folio Colgate 2 A5T9 1994 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)


William Caslon : 1766-1966, portfolio to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the death of W London : Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1966. 1966 RBD COLG folio Colgate 2 C3 W5D3 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By

H.W. Caslon & Co. (London, England) Modern specimen of printing types manufactured at the Caslon letter foundry : established 1716. London : H.W. Caslon & Co., [189-?] 0000 RBD COLG Colgate 2 C377 C37 M6 1890z Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor

Condit, Lester, 1893-1946 Studies in Roman printing types of the fifteenth century. Chicago, Ill. : Private ed. : Distributed by the University of Chicago Libraries, 1933. 1933 RBD COLG Colgate 2 C6 S78 1933 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By C

Ferguson, W. Craig Pica Roman type in Elizabethan England / W. Craig Ferguson. -- Aldershot [England] : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower Pub. Co., 1989. 1989 RBD COLG folio Colgate 2 F47P6 1989 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)

Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1860-1940. Type and presses in America : a brief historical sketch of the development of type casting and press Chicago : Committee on Education, United Typothetae of America, 1918. 1918 RBD COLG Colgate 2 H36T96 1918 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By C

Huss, Richard E. The printer's composition matrix : a history of its origin and development / by Richard E. Huss. -- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Books, 1985. 1985 RBD COLG Colgate 2 H87P45 1985 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By C

McGrew, Mac American metal typefaces of the twentieth century / by Mac McGrew. New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Books, 1993. 1993 RBD COLG folio Colgate 2 M35A64 1993 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor

Smeijers, Fred. Counterpunch : making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now / Fred Smeijers ; [edit London : Hyphen, c1996. 1996 RBD COLG Colgate 2 S64 C68 1996 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By

Stephenson, Blake and Company, ltd. The birth of a type / Stephenson Blake, the Caslon Letter Foundry, Sheffield. -- Sheffield, Eng. : The Company, [1955]. 1955 RBD COLG Colgate 2 S8 S8B3 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Consu


Visual and technical aspects of type / edited by Roger D. Hersch. -- Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1993. 1993 RBD COLG Colgate 2 V57 1993 Rare Book Division Colgate Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor) By Cons