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Title

 Page from the type specimen of De Passe and Menne, 1943


Creator

 De Passe, Jean Baptist (uitgever/publisher), Menne, Hendrik (?) (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1843


Type

 tekstbladzijde, page


Measurements

 22,5 x 14 cm.


Related term

 letterproeven, lettertypen, kapitalen


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift


Content

 Jean Paptist de Passe had learned the craft of type founding in Brussels and Paris. He settled as a type founder in Amsterdam in 1841 and went into partnership with a certain Menne, probably someone with the first name of Hendrik. This is a page from their first type specimen. De Passe and Menne were, with their modern types, a formidable competitor for Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, who took over the firm in 1847 after the death of De Passe in 1844.


Original

 Proeve van drukletteren, uit de lettergieterij van De Passe en Menne: Amsterdam: [De Passe en Menne], 1843, p. 64 en t.o.p. 64


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA