POLYAMATYPE SPECIMENS.. Specimen des Caractères de la Fonderie Polyamatype de H. Didot, Legrand et Cie.1828

Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 8vo (194 x 115 mm), [title 1 leaf; specimens of 40 leaves of which the last four are folding; Vignettes pour cadres 19 leaves; Fleurons 17 leaves; Filets 7; altogether 84 leaves], neat library stamp to title page, marbled endpapers, later green cloth. "Henri Didot, who invented a new type of mould called Polyamatype in which it was possible to make as many as 120 letters at a single casting. Marcellin Legrand, who engraved much type for the Imprimerie Nationale and who was nephew to Henri Didot, took over the firm in 1828, and it eas still in existence in 1838."—Birrell & Garnett. Birrell & Garnett, 57 (with 72 leaves only).