The Steadfast Tin Soldier of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem production-originals If type was just lead

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The Steadfast Tin Soldier of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem production-originals If type was just leadThis award winning volume traces the biographical myth of the English bodied Roman No. 6, nicknamed the Schefferletter. Originally believed by the Ensched family to be a 15th century relic from Peter Schoeffer, the type was later reattributed to 1520s Cologne. Produced by Bram de Does following a lecture by Ernst Braches, the book chronicles the acrimonious scholarly disputes regarding the types pedigreemost notably during the German occupation. Hand