The printers' handy book of specimens: exhibiting the choicest productions of every description made at the Johnson Type Foundry : comprising every article essential for a book, newspaper, or job printing office

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Title
The printers' handy book of specimens: exhibiting the choicest productions of every description made at the Johnson Type Foundry : comprising every article essential for a book, newspaper, or job printing office
Names
Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan Co (Publisher)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1871
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: The Company
Library locations
General Research Division
Shelf locator: *IPX+ (Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan co., firm, type-founders, Philadelphia. Printers' handy book of specimens)
Topics
Type and type-founding
Printing
Genres
Specimens
Books
Notes
Content: Irregular paging.
Physical Description
Extent: [5], 431 [i.e. 265], [2] leaves, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 19692106
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13503642
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 58761430-87f0-0133-dff8-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1871: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "The printers' handy book of specimens" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1871. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aab4dc10-9555-0133-6632-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "The printers' handy book of specimens" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aab4dc10-9555-0133-6632-00505686a51c

APA Format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1871). The printers' handy book of specimens Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aab4dc10-9555-0133-6632-00505686a51c

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The printers' handy book of specimens