Proef van Letteren, Welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé[Haarlem, Johan Enschedé], 1768, mostly in gatherings of four leaves, hardcover, cardboard binding with cloth coverd spine and marbled paper, unnumbered pages: main title page with a pinter's mark referring to the art of printing and bookmaking (labore et diligentia: A. van der Laan inv. et fec. 1741), etched portrait of Joannes Enschede (C.v.Noorde, ad Viv. del. & Fe. 1768), introduction 32 pages, 60 pages showcasing different printing types (printed on one side), second titlepage: "Oude Hollandsche Letteren zynde eerstelingen der boek-drukkonst (...)", followed by 11 more pages showcasing different printing types (also printed on one side), including an engraving of the Haarlem statue of Laurens Coster (A. van der Laan sculp. 1740).Worn covers with the front board nearly loose, fragile sewing: some pages are loose or loosening, there are obvious repairs where paper has been pasted in to reinforce weak spots, some sign of foxing, a few waterstains and some notes in pencil. Content is incomplete. Textpages and fonts: Without "Augustyn Duits No. 1", "Mediaan Duits No.1", "Text Armenisch", "Op Hout geslagene Figuur-Letteren", "Vervolg dubbele Mediaan", "Mediaan Taroté", "Vervolg van Descendiaan", "Vervolg van Galjart", "Canon Hebreeuwsch", "Lyst der pryzen" (8 pp.) and without "Vermeerdering van de meest nieuwe gesnedene letteren in de Haarlemsche Letter-Gietery van Johannes Enschedé, Zedert 1768-1773" (16 pp.). NB: Of the page "Dubbele Mediaan Grieksche Capitalen" the top half has been torn out and some pages appear in a different order compared to other copies. Illustrations: without frontispiece, without the portraits of Laurentio Joannis, Hadr. Junio. and Joan Michael Fleischman and without the fold-out engraving depicting the typefoundry. Lit: Lane, Proef van Letteren, welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé 1768. The Enschedé type specimens of 1768 and 1773, Amsterdam, De Buitenkant, 1993 (annotated facsimile edition).l A printed overview to showcase printing types (letterproef) available from the famous Dutch (Haarlem based) typefoundry Johan Enschedé. Most showcased printing types are cut by J.M. Fleischman (1701-1768). He was born in Germany but travelled around Europe to gain experience concerning typemaking. He settled in Holland and left his collection of types to Johan Enschedé upon his death in 1768. Johan Enschedé published this overview of type specimens that same year. In the introduction Enschedé states that since the invention of printing with moveable type, there has been no other type cutter as exceptionally skillful as Fleischman. The overview contains Roman, cursive, Gothic, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, Arabic, Malaysian and Armenian types and all sorts of decorative elements.