A specimen
By: by William Caslon
Contributors: Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740
Publisher: William Caslon, Letter-Founder, in Chiswell-Street
Published: 1752
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Printing; Specimens; Type and type-founding
Notes: Variant of the 1734 issue, intended for the 7th ed. of E. Chambers' Cyclopaedia, London, 1751-1752.  The binder's instructions at foot reveal that this was placed in v. 2.

Berry [no.] H characteried by no blank space in middle of sheet; the Small Pica flower units are 18 in number; and the word 'specimen' is in Long Primer in the binder's instructions.

"The chief distinguishig feature ... is that the tail of the long 's'    in the word 'nostra' in the French Cannon italic specimen is broken off"--Berry, p. 15.

Berry, W.T. Cat. of specimens of printing types ... , p. 15, [no.] H