William Caslon, 1693-1766 . The ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder

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Draws on the writer's master's dissertation. Comprehensive account of Caslon's life and work. Chapters include: 'William Caslon's ancestry'; 'Halesowen schools during Caslon's boyhood'; 'Halesowen in the West Midlands iron trade, 1650-1720'; Caslon's birth-place as seen in the parish register, 1650-1720'; 'William Caslon becomes a Loriner'; 'The gunmakers of Birmingham and London'; 'Caslon among the goldsmiths and silversmiths'; 'Caslon's professional brethren'; 'Eastern travel, Arabic scholarship and foreign missions'; ' The SPCK, Dr Thomas Bray and his links with Halesowen'; 'Booksellers, authors with their market'; 'Newspapers to the time of Caslon'; 'Caslon among the printers and booksellers'; 'Some technicalities of printing and letter founding'; 'Some title pages of books before the Caslon era'; 'Caslon makes his name'; 'Caslon as a punch cutter and letter founder'; 'Title pages of some books in the Caslon era'; 'Links between Baskerville, Shenstone, Rowe Mores and Caslon'; 'William Caslon's pupils and followers'. Appendices include: 'Chronology of Caslon's ancestry, life and connections'. Includes family trees of Caslon family; Downing family of Halesowen Furnace; Shenstone family; and others. Touches on John Baskerville; William Bowyer; James Green, 1729-59, engraver; Shenstone family; Halesowen and the Foley family