William Caslon and Son
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Name (Latin)
William Caslon and Son
Other forms of name
Caslon and Son
W. Caslon and Son
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MARC
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Sources of Information
- Its A specimen of printing types ... 1764:t.p. (W. Caslon and Son, letter founders, in London)
- Ball, J. William Caslon, 1973:p. 457 ([in 1742] William Caslon took his son William Caslon II into partnership and the firm became "William Caslon & Son")
- Mosley, J. British type specimens before 1831, 1984:p. 25-27 and index (Caslon foundry estab. by William Caslon I (1692-1766), traditionally in 1720; prospectuses issued under his name ca. 1730 to ca. 1742; prospectuses were issued by William Caslon and Son, 1746 to 1764 with usage: William Caslon and Son, or W. Caslon and Son; by William Caslon II (1720-1728), 1766 to 1770; by William Caslon II and Son, ca. 1774-78, with usage: W. Caslon and Son; the firm was continued by William Caslon III and subsequently under various names until 1936)