Rare typeface

Hi,
Who helps me identify the name of this rare typeface in complete form, from A to Z. Thanks!
Regards!

Delia Petrescu

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It appears that your image was obtained from a book showing reproductions from old foundry catalogs. It would be EXTREMELY helpful to know what information was also provided with this specimen. Country of origin, name of foundry, etc. ANY clue would be a great help instead of leaving everyone to search the universe of possible sources. Even an approximate date would help.

I will be leaving today to get ready for the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, IA and will not be back until late on Labor Day. I simply walk away computers, e-mails, etc. and immerse myself in the 19th century as I get Printers’ Hall ready for operation. During the reunion. We print a letterpress newspaper (one side of the sheets printed on a steam-powered Babcock Reliance and the other side on a Meihle Model 00 press (30,000 lbs. of awesome beauty).

It just doesn’t get much more fun that this. I’ll be back in the ‘real world’ after Labor Day.

Rick

Thank you for your response.
The only clue that I found recently about this font, is that it belongs to Laurent et Deberny Foundation, Paris, acquired by D. Stempel Agency and currently owned by Lynotype.
We think this typeface is great for wood type and want to revive it.
I wish you a wonderful time at Threshers Reunion in Mt Pleasant.
Regards,
Delia Petrescu

Thank you for your response.
The only clue that I found recently about this font, is that it belongs to Laurent et Deberny Foundation, Paris, acquired by D. Stempel Agency and currently owned by Lynotype.
We think this typeface is great for wood type and want to revive it.
I wish you a wonderful time at Threshers Reunion in Mt Pleasant.
Regards,
Delia Petrescu

I did not find that specific typeface, but did find some other, more or less similar ones, which were also shaded and slanted. The types I found were from around the late 1830s to early 1840s, so your face may be from that time period as well.

Hope you can succeed with this, Delia! Would love to see you produce this face!

Thanks for the information on the year, is really helpful. It is such a pleasure to read good things on this forum, thanks for your answers.
If you stumble upon similar faces, that you consider worthy of bringing back to life, please post an image.
Indeed this font is quite rare and quite old, we hope to find it in complete form and start to cut it.

I take it you are the Petrescu who sells wood type on eBay? I’m a graphic designer by trade and also interested in seeing the rarer faces revived. If I come across complete or nearly complete faces, I may be able to provide you artwork. What kinds of files would you want for things like this, vector art of some kind?

Michael Hurley
Titivilus Press
Memphis, TN

We can work our way from any type of image, the more detailed the better.
Vector or font type files, save design time, almost any format will work.
If only part of the typeface is available, we can try and recreate it based on the average modular proportion.
Fell free to contact us on any of our addresses.

OK, I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks!

Michael Hurley
Titivilus Press
Memphis, TN