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A specimen book of nineteenth-century printing types, borders, ornaments, & cuts in the collection of Bowne & Co., Stationers

Title
A specimen book of nineteenth-century printing types, borders, ornaments, & cuts in the collection of Bowne & Co., Stationers / with an introduction by Stephen O. Saxe.
Author
Bowne & Co.
Publication
New York : South Street Seaport Museum, 1985.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Bowne) 87-155Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Saxe, Stephen O.
  • South Street Seaport Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Description
iii, 125, [2] p. : chiefly ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Bowne & Co
  • Printing > Specimens
  • Type ornaments > Specimens
  • Type and type-founding > United States > History
Note
  • "Printed in an edition of three hundred ... at Bowne & Co., Stationers, South Street Seaport Museum, by Barbara Henry, with assistance from Ginna Johnson Scarry and Anne Steichen"--Colophon, p. [127].
  • List of "Major American collections of nineteenth-century foundry and wood type": p. [13].
  • Errata slip laid in.
Call Number
*KP (Bowne) 87-155
ISBN
0913344281
LCCN
85050125
OCLC
  • 13689069
  • NYPG85-B33600
Author
Bowne & Co.
Title
A specimen book of nineteenth-century printing types, borders, ornaments, & cuts in the collection of Bowne & Co., Stationers / with an introduction by Stephen O. Saxe.
Imprint
New York : South Street Seaport Museum, 1985.
Edition
1st ed.
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Saxe, Stephen O.
South Street Seaport Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
*KP (Bowne) 87-155
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