first edition
[1946]. · [Amsterdam]:
by [TYPE SPECIMENS]. Jos. Neve.
[Amsterdam]: ClichÈ- en Stereotypie-Inrichting Jos. Neve, [1946]. First edition.. Somewhat rubbed and soiled; in good to very good condition.. Oblong spiral-bound in pictorial card stock boards (6 x 9.75 inches), 87, [3] plus a mounted leaf and a laid-in circular. Illus. Met een gevoel van vreugde zenden wij U deze nieuwe letterproef toe." A relatively early specimen of types available from this Amsterdam phototype type supply shop, with period-appropriate workhorses like Nobel, Cooper, Futura, and Bodoni. Includes a few ornaments and rasters. The introduction is dated January, 1946. This 1946 specimen noted in OCLC at University of Amsterdam only. One letter in a Futura sample neatly razored out, presumably from a printer in a pinch.
(Inventory #: 21521)