Typography and Printing

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17 Egyptian Type Face
Pleyte, W(illem). Catalogue raisonné de types égyptiens hiératiques de la Fonderie de
N. Tetterode, à Amsterdam, Dessinés par W. Pleyte. Leide, E. J. Brill 1865. (4), VI, (2),
40 pages with many hieroglyphs in the text and on three large folding plates (of
which two letter-press printed, one lithographed). Publisher’s printed wrappers. 4to.
Foot of spine slightly frayed. E 700.00
Not in Bigmore-W., in St. Bride Catalogue and in the catalogue of the Börsenvereins d. dt. Buchhändler.
Rijk Smitskamp, Typographia hieroglyphica 328-329 in: Quaerendo VI, 1. First edition. Fine.
18 First Printing of Sanscrit-Types in Germany
Schlegel, Aug(ust) Guil(laume). Specimen novae typographiae
Indicae, iussu ministrorum regis Borrusiae, serenissimi principis
ab Hardenberg, cancellarii status, et illustrissimi dynastae
ab Altenstein, rerum ecclesiasticarum et eruditionis praesidis,
publicis sumtibus concinnatae. Litterarum figuras ad elegantissimorum
codicum Bibliothecae Regiae Parisiensis exemplaria
delineavit, caelandas feriundas, flandas curavit. Lutetiae
Parisiorum, ex officina Georgii Crapelet 1821. 6 unnumb. leaves,
2 blank leaves. Cont. red glazed boards. Spine gilt. Covers
rubbed. E 4000.00
Not in the St. Bride Catalogue. Bigmore-W. II, 313. Katalog d. Börsenvereins
d. dt. Buchhändler 38 and 723. First edition. Quite scarce. “Einer der
ersten deutschen Indologen, A. W. von Schlegel (1767–1845), hat sich
als Pionier des Sanskrit-Buchdrucks hervorgetan, indem er die ältesten
Devanagari-Typen in Deutschland schuf und sein erstes damit gedrucktes
Werk im Jahre 1823 sogar selbst setzte” (Siegfried Schmitt in: Exotische
Typen. Katalog der Staatsbibliothek Berlin N.F. 50, 2006, p. 156). His new
Devanagari-types were cut in Paris by Vibert and Lion under his supervision.
Printed on thick paper, a broadmargined and fine copy.