BOOK
Title:
A specimen of cast ornaments
Creators:
Caslon, William, 1754-1833 | Caslon, William, 1754-1833
Publication:
Printed by C. Whittingham, London, 1798.
Extent:
[29 leaves of plates] ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Specimen of ornamental types and embellishments: cast at the foundry of A. Chandler & Co. ... for sale by them, and by I. Hoit, at the Printers' Warehouse
Creator:
Chandler, A., & Co., Type-Founders, New York
Publication:
New York, 1820.
Call #:
PAM. V.265, NO.13
Extent:
24 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Specimen book of wood type from the collection of the Silver Buckle Press
Creators:
Saxe, Stephen O. | Silver Buckle Press
Publication:
Silver Buckle Press, Madison, Wis, c1999]
Extent:
61, [3] p. ; 26 cm.
PAMPHLET
Title:
[Part of the text of Magna Carta, printed in gold, on silk]
Notes:
Example of letterpress printing on silk, laminated onto cardboard.
BOOK
Title:
Newspaper advertising typography: Contest conducted by the Advertising department of the New York Times
Alt. Title:
New York times
Publication:
The Times, New York, 1925.
Extent:
126 p. ; 26 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
An Introduction to the Robinson-Pforzheimer collection of old-fashioned type
Creator:
New York Public Library
Publication:
New York, 1958?]
Extent:
Broadside : fold.
BOOK
Title:
Specimen of printing types from the foundery of Binny & Ronaldson, Philadelphia
Creator:
Binny & Ronaldson
Publication:
Fry and Kammerer, Philadelphia, 1812.
Notes:
Duplicate in Pam. v.949, no.1
Extent:
[41] leaves ; 21 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Alphabetvm cophtvm sive aegyptiacvm
Publication:
Romae ?, n.d.]
Notes:
No title page. caption title. Reimprimatur. Si videbitur Reverendissimo P. S. P. Ap. Magistro. J. della Porta Archiep. Damascen. Vicesg. Reimprimatur. Fr. Thomas Dominicus Piazza Ord. P. et Soc. Rmi. Mag. S. P. A.
BOOK
Title:
A Specimen of Alfred Pell and Brother's (late William Hagar & Co.) printing types: from their type and stereotype foundry
Creator:
Pell, Alfred & brother
Publication:
William Van Norden, New York, 1832.
Extent:
unp. : illus. ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Printing types, their history, forms, and use: a study in survivals
Creator:
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941
Publication:
Harvard University Press; [etc., etc.], Cambridge, 1922]
Notes:
Based on lectures delivered as part of a course on the Technique of printing in the Graduate school of business administration of Harvard university during the years 1911-1916. cf. Pref. "Chronological list of specimens described, illustrated, or mentioned": v.2, p. 279-280. Presented with the Packard Collection, July 1950.
Extent:
2 v. : illus., plates (1 fold.) tables (1 fold.) ; 24 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Historic design in printing; reproductions of book covers, borders, initials, decorations, printers' marks and devices comprising reference material for the designer, printer, advertiser and publisher
Creator:
Johnson, Henry Lewis.
Publication:
The Graphic arts company, Boston, 1923.
Notes:
Presented with Packard Collection, July, 1950. "Book reference list": p.[192-193]
Extent:
[193] p. incl. col. front., illus. (part col.) ; 31 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Printing types: their history, forms, and use; a study in survivals
Creator:
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941
Publication:
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1951 [c1937]
Notes:
"The lectures on which this book is based were delivered as part of a course on the Technique of printing in the Graduate school of business administration of Harvard university, during the years 1911-1916."--Pref. "Chronological list of specimens": vol. II, p. [297]-298. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent:
2 v. ill., facsims. (some fold.), tables (some fold.) ; 24 cm.
PAMPHLET
Title:
[Printing specimen of Somnium Scipionis by Cicero]
Publication:
s.n, S.l, [19--?]
Notes:
Example of letterpress printing on two-ply laminated paper.
BOOK
Title:
Type design: an essay on American type design with specimens of the outstanding types
Creator:
McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944
Publication:
Bridgman, Pelham, N.Y, [c1927]
Notes:
Revised from the author's "American type design in the twentieth century", Chicago, 1924.
Extent:
64 p. ; 22 1/2 cm.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Specimen verses in 164 languages & dialects: in which the Holy Scriptures have been printed and circulated by the Bible Society
Alt. Title:
Bible. N.T. John III, 16. Polyglot. 1876
Creator:
Pennsylvania Bible Society
Publication:
Bible house, Philadelphia, [1876]
Notes:
Includes index. John 3:16 in various languages.
BOOK
Title:
Specimen of printing type, from the letter foundry of James Ronaldson, successor to Binny & Ronaldson; Cedar, between Ninth and Tenth streets, Philadelphia
Creator:
Ronaldson, James, 1768-1842
Publication:
J. Ronaldson], Philadelphia, 1822.
Extent:
[56] p. ; illus., 1822.
BOOK
Title:
Anatomy of a typeface
Creator:
Lawson, Alexander S.
Publication:
David R. Godine, Boston, Mass, [c1990]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-411) and index.
Extent:
428 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
English printers' types of the sixteenth century
Creator:
Isaac, Frank, b. 1882
Publication:
Oxford university press, H. Milford, London, 1936.
Notes:
Half-title preceding plates not included in paging.
Extent:
xix, 60 p. : 80 pl. (facsims.) on 40 l. ; 28 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Essai d'une nouvelle typographie: ornée de vignettes, fleurons, trophées, filets, cadres & cartels, inventés, dessinés & exécutés
Creator:
Luce, Louis René, d. 1774
Publication:
J. Barbou, Paris, 1771.
Extent:
[10] p., 93 plates (11 fold.) : illus., 1771.
BOOK
Title:
Benjamin Franklin typefounder: a note to accompany a facsimile reproduction of the type specimen of Benjamin Franklin Bache ; the equipment for which was assembled by Benjamin Franklin
Creators:
McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944 | Jersey City (N.J.) Typographic library and museum.
Publication:
Priv. print, New York, 1925.
Notes:
Signed at end; D.C. McM. Facsimile has caption title: A specimen of printing types belonging to Benjamin Franklin Bache's printing office, Philadelphia. "The only known copy of the type specimen of Benjamin Franklin Bache is preserved in the Typographic library and museum in Jersey City, through whose courtesy the accompanying facsimile reproduction has been made."
Extent:
11 p. ; 22 cm. + 1 facsim. ([4] p. 47 cm.)