This is brass 4 point Times Roman, which will eventually be used to typeset a miniature book, made by P & S Engraving in East Sussex.
P & S is one of the last places on earth where you can actually find type and tools to hand-make books, especially something as rare as this. The type will have to be set with tweezers, and the book itself will probably need to be read by a magnifying glass.
I was lucky enough to be able to visit P & S last month, and I insisted they show me some of the handmade versions of the type we use here at NYRB (of which Times Roman is a rare but recurring one).
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