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37 Hoffmeister Type Specimen<br />

Schriftgiesserei Heinrich Hoffmeister, Leipzig. Modernes<br />

Accidenz-Material. Erstes Heft. Leipzig, gedruckt von Breitkopf<br />

& Härtel (ca 1900 ?). 36 unnumb. leaves (including title) printed<br />

on one side only. Publisher’s cloth, gilt title to front cover.<br />

4to (295 x 225 mm). E 760.00<br />

Covers slightly soiled. Cf. Jolles, Dt. Schriftgiesserei 224 (variant title no<br />

date). Not in the Katalog d. Börsenvereins d. dt. Buchhändler. Not in the<br />

St. Bride Catalogue. A rare type specimen book. Fine.<br />

38 Roos Type Specimen<br />

Schriftgiesserei Roos & Junge, Offenbach a. Main. (Type<br />

specimen book). Offenbach, privately published around 1900<br />

<strong>and</strong> (gedruckt in Leipzig bei C. G. Naumann). 23 unnumb.<br />

leaves printed on one side only, 33 unnumb. leaves (of which<br />

30 double-page or multiple folding; 17 chromolithographed).<br />

Publisher’s cloth, gilt title to front cover. 4to (350 x 260 mm).<br />

Spine restored. Covers slightly soiled. E 1600.00<br />

Cf. Jolles, Dt. Schriftgiesserei p. 244. Not in the Katalog d. Börsenvereins<br />

d. dt. Buchhändler. Not in the St. Bride Catalogue.<br />

A scarce German type specimen book, beautifully printed in<br />

colours <strong>and</strong> mostly devoted to ephemera printing.

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