Item Description: | At foot: "This specimen to be placed in the middle of the sheet 5Uu, vol. II." of Chambers' Cyclopaedia, 6th ed., London, 1750. - Berry and Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types, p.15, variant H. - Distinguishing points: no blank space across the center of the sheet; 18 units in the band of pica flowers (fourth band from the left); word "specimen" at foot in long primer caps.; "s" in word "nostra" in the French Cannon italic specimen broken off. - English Short Title Catalog, N21711. - Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library |