1698?: Académy Royale des Sciences

Original:
Wing Collection, Newberry Library, Chicago. (Case Wing Ms. +z4029 .886). Plate by Louis Simonneau. (Illustrations copyright: St Bride Printing Library, London.)

Detail 1: typecasting

Descriptions:
- Mosley, J. (1991). 'Illustrations of typefounding engraved for the 'Descriptions des arts et métiers' of the Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris, 1694 to c. 1700.' Matrix, no. 11. pp. 60-80.
- Mosley, J. (1995). Notes page 341. "Scetches for the 'matricière' are preserved in an album in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris (Gr. fol. 114, f. 82).
- Mosley, J. (1995). Appendix 'the Académie des sciences and the description des Arts et Métiers'. page 387-398.
Reproduced in:
- Smeyers, F. (1996). Inside back cover.