This library is built in the open.
If you spot an error, have a suggestion, or just want to say hello — we’d love to hear from you.

Letterproef van de gietery van Hendrik Floris Wetstein, tot Amsterdam.
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The work is a 1789 Dutch type specimen catalog (a commercial reference document for a type foundry). Such technical, visual, and ephemeral trade publications are not literary works and do not receive translations. Searches across multiple catalogs confirmed no English translation exists.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, ustc · methodology
This type specimen catalog captures the precision of 18th-century Amsterdam printing. Readers will see how the Ploos van Amstel foundry balanced mechanical durability with classical scholarship.