[FR] Tarbé, Fonderie Générale

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1. Overview

By 1835 as Fonderie de E. Tarbé. By 1839 as E. Tarbé et Cie, operating the Fonderie Générale des Caractères Français et Étrangers. Paris.

Operating as the Fonderie de E. Tarbé, succeeded Molé le Jeune.

This firm later (owned? / operated? / was? ) the Fonderie Générale, having absorbed also [Ambrose] Fermin Didot, Crosnier, and Éverat.

It seems to have been succeeded by Biesta, Laboulaye, also operating with the foundry name "Fonderie Générale."

2. Specimens, Catalogs, and Price Lists

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Fonderie de E. Tarbé, successeur de Molé . Premier Cahier. (Paris: Béthune et Plon, Octobre 1835). This volume has been digitized by Google from the Princeton University copy. The icon here links to a local copy of the Google Books digitization.

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Épreuves de caracteères E. Tarbé et. Cie., successeurs de [Ambrose] Firmin Didot, Molé, Crosnier, Éverat . (Paris: Éverat et Cie., May 1939.) This volume has been digitized by Google from the copy of the Universiteit Gent (Université de Gand, Ghent University), Belgium. The icon here links to a local copy of the Google Books digitization.

This volume is substantially larger than the 1835 specimen.


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