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American encyclopædia of printing

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Description

512 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports., samples; 28 cm.

Uniform Title

American encyclopedia of printing.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Watermarks (Paper).

Note

"Inventions: Paper-making": p. 229-236; "Paper": p. 324-342; "Safety-paper: p. 392-395; "Straw paper": p. 450-451; other references to paper. "The articles on Paper, Parchment Paper, Safety-Paper, Splitting-Paper, Staining and Spotting of Paper ... were written by George C. Schaeffer"--Preface, p. viii.
"Founded on the first edition of Mr. John Southward's Dictionary of typography [London, 1871]"--Bigmore & Wyman.
Includes one leaf of samples of raised printing for the blind, one leaf of samples of safety paper and 3 leaves of samples of watermarks.
Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

Call Number

Schlosser 233

LCCN

10015366

OCLC

Title

American encyclopædia of printing / edited by J. Luther Ringwalt.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Menamin & Ringwalt : J.B. Lippincott, 1871.

Indexed In:

Bigmore & Wyman, II, p. 259

Local Note

Free front endpaper lacking.

Provenance: Douglas Gunn, F.E. Sullivan (autographs); Gordon Holmquist (bookplate).

Local Subject

Paper, Straw.

Safety paper -- Specimens.

Added Author

Ringwalt, J. Luther (John Luther)

Southward, John, 1840-1902. Dictionary of typography and its accessory arts.

Schaeffer, George C. (George Christian), 1815-1873.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 233