Reed, Talbot Baines
A history of the old English letter foundries, with notes historical and bibliographical on the rise and progress of English typography ⁄ by Talbor Baines Reed; a new edition revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952.
Page 304.
Among many elegant works printed at this time in the types of this [Fry's] foundry was the Rev. Henry Homer's fine edition of the classics[note 1], printed by Millar Ritchie[note 2], in which the somewhat rare compliment was paid the founder of adding his name to the list of typographer engaged on the work.
1. Cf. C. Plinii Caeilii Secundi Epistolarum libri x. sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie et J. Sammells. Londini, 1790. 8vo. At end: Typis Edmundi Fry.
2. This excellent artist was a Scotsman (1752-1828), and printed in Bartholomew Close in 1785. He was one of the first who started in emulation of Baskerville as a fine printer; his series of Homer's Classics (Sallust, 1789; Pliny, 1790; Tacitus, 1790; Q. Curtius and Caesar, 1790; Livy, 1794) established his reputation. His quarto Bible and the Memoirs of the Count de Grammont are also celebrated. He printed on Whatman's paper with admirable ink and most careful press-work, and is stated to have produced most of his books by his personal and manual labour.