“Cicero was Bruce’s Ornamented No.
1032. It originated with the Besley foundry about 1857.”
[McGrew
1993] Shown by Rand & Avery as Pica Ornamented, No.
6 and Long Primer Ornamented, No. 2 [1865
specimen]. Shown by Reed & Fox (successors to Besley at the
Fann Street)
as De La Rue [1874
specimen]. Shown in a c.1885
MS&J specimen in three sizes; as Long Primer
Ornamented, No. 7;
Two-Line Nonpareil Ornamented, No. 17; and Great
Primer Ornamented, No. 10. Also known as
Gentry. [Tri-Arts Press]
Film versions by Photoscript [1967
specimen], PLINC (as Gentry) [PLINC
One Liner 1971], and Headliners (Morgan Press Collection, as
F 218).
The sample uses an anonymous digitization named
Cicero 1. More…
“Cicero was Bruce’s Ornamented No. 1032. It originated with the Besley foundry about 1857.” [McGrew 1993] Shown by Rand & Avery as Pica Ornamented, No. 6 and Long Primer Ornamented, No. 2 [1865 specimen]. Shown by Reed & Fox (successors to Besley at the Fann Street) as De La Rue [1874 specimen]. Shown in a c.1885 MS&J specimen in three sizes; as Long Primer Ornamented, No. 7; Two-Line Nonpareil Ornamented, No. 17; and Great Primer Ornamented, No. 10. Also known as Gentry. [Tri-Arts Press]
Film versions by Photoscript [1967 specimen], PLINC (as Gentry) [PLINC One Liner 1971], and Headliners (Morgan Press Collection, as F 218).
The sample uses an anonymous digitization named Cicero 1. See also Ciceron (Jules Durand, 2021).
