THIEME (Carl Albert). Letterproef der Boekdrukkery van C. A. Thieme te Arnhem.1830

Arnhem: [Thieme], Folio (320 x 205 mm), 44 leaves printed on thick paper on recto only, printed title page followed by 43 leaves of specimens of type, scripts, music, ornaments, numbers, symbols, coats-of-arms, vignettes, and masonic decorations, original printed boards with decorative border, title on upper cover, image of a Stanhope printing press on lower, spine lettered in manuscript, rubbed, joints a little worn, but overall a very good copy. An extremely rare printer's type specimen showing the range of types and ornaments in a Dutch printing house in the early nineteenth century. The firm was founded by Herman Carel Anton Thieme of Wesel in Germany in 1792, and was continued by his four sons in Arnhem and Zutphen. Carl Albert was his grandson and operated as a bookseller, printer and publisher. Provenance: Contemporary ink signature 'L. H. Eberson' to foot of title page. Not in John A. Lane et al, Dutch Type Founders' Type Specimen, 1998; OCLC Listing the Universiteit van Amsterdam copy only.