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)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1876
Place: Philadelphia
Library Location
General Research Division
Shelf locator: *IPX+ (MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, firm, typefounders, Philadelphia. Printers' handy book of specimens)
Subjects
Type and type-founding
Type -- Stock cuts
Genres
Notes
Content: Irregular paging.
Date: Copyright 1871, Philadelphia.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 433 p. illus. 30 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 38471772
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13529656
Photo Order: 55568
Barcode: 33433000824031
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 18091640-87d6-0133-b635-00505686d14e
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1876
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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18091640-87d6-0133-b635-00505686d14e
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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1876). 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 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18091640-87d6-0133-b635-00505686d14e
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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18091640-87d6-0133-b635-00505686d14e
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