#AskFedi - one for the #history enthusiasts.
Those pamphlets from a few hundred years ago, which are like
"An
ANSWER
to the
XYZ.
Being an
ACCOUNT
of the
ſomething-or-other
EXPLAINING
why ſo-and-ſo
has it all wrong."
(I can't fully do the style justice without (a) already knowing them a bit better, and (b) having italics to play with in the formatting here! but I feel sure you'll know the things I mean :-) )
I am on a bit of a geeky sidetrack about the style and language of these. I would really like to find a stash of them where I can flip through like 100 examples of those title pages, and "get my eye in" for their vibe. Or failing that, at least a dozen.
Searching isn't doing it for me, because I'm finding mostly either explanations _about_ the making of them, or later examples which don't have the glorious miscellany of type styles.
Does such a collection exist online? Where should I be looking?
Or would my only hope be to physically visit a library? (which realistically I probably wouldn't get around to, as this is only a side enthusiasm, but maybe one day. I'm based in Nottingham, England.)
Thanks in advance for clues!