Figure 264
Black-letter: William Caslon & Son’s Specimen, London
From a copy in the Library of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester
1763
William Caslon the elder (who was thrice married) died in London in 1766, at the age of seventy-four. The stock of his foundry about the time of his death may be seen from his Specimen of 1763. This was the first specimen-book issued in England, and from it some pages are reproduced.