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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: 1876
Place: Philadelphia
Library locations
General Research Division
Shelf locator: *IPX+ (MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, firm, typefounders, Philadelphia. Printers' handy book of specimens)
Topics
Type and type-founding
Type -- Stock cuts
Genres
Specimens
Books
Prints
Notes
Content: Irregular paging.
Date: Copyright 1871, Philadelphia.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 433 p. illus. 30 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 38471772
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13529656
Photo Order: 55568
Barcode: 33433000824031
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 18091640-87d6-0133-b635-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1876: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e42e37b0-87d8-0133-3bf9-00505686d14e

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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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e42e37b0-87d8-0133-3bf9-00505686d14e

APA Format

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 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e42e37b0-87d8-0133-3bf9-00505686d14e

Wikipedia Citation

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The printers' handy book of specimens, exhibiting the choicest productions of every description made at the Johnson Type Foundry