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