A facsimile of Giambattista Bodoni's first type specimen, "Fregi e Majuscole" of 1771, two copies of which were given to the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Houghton Library by William Bentinck-Smith, Class of 1937.

Eleanor Garvey is a former Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts at the Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Read More by Eleanor Garvey:

• The Philip Hofer Collection in the Houghton Library: A Catalogue of an Exhibition of The Philip Hofer Bequest in the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts
• Tenniel's Alice: Drawings by Sir John Tenniel for <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass</i>
• A' Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti: A Decorated Alphabet Engraved by Giovanni Battista Betti, Florence, 1785