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  • Desk book of type specimens, borders, ornaments, brass rules and cuts; catalogue of printing machinery and printers' supplies.

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    • [St. Louis, Mo.] 1900 [i.e. 1901]
    • 1901
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *IPX (American type founders, inc. Desk book. St. Louis, 1900)Offsite
  • Original faces cast, by the Boston Type Foundry, John K. Rogers, agent; hard metal, accurate bodies, prefect faces.

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    • Boston, 1880.
    • 1880
    • 2 Items
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    Text *IPX (Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry. Original faces cast)Offsite
  • Epreuves des caractères de'écriture, de la Fonderie et imprimerie de Gillé fils, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, n.o 18, à Paris.

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    • [Paris, 1808?]
    • 1808
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *IPX+ (Gillʹe, firm, type-founders and printers, Paris. Epreuves des caractères de'écriture)qOffsite
  • Spécimen. Fonderie et gravure de Paul Longien ...

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    • Paris [1867?]
    • 1867
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *IPX+ (Longien, Paul, firm, type-founders, Paris. Spécimen)Offsite
  • Price list and printer's purchasing guide, showing specimens of printing type manufactured by Marder, Luse & Co., foundry, Chicago, Ill.

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    • Chicago, 1893.
    • 1893
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *IPV (Marder, Luse & Co. Chicago Type Foundry. Price list and printer's purchasing guide. 1893)Offsite
  • Neuer Schriftenatlas; Vorbilder für die Praxis.

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    • Dresden, G. Kühtmann [1913?]
    • 1913
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MLW+ (Staeudle, C. Neuer Schriftenatlas)Offsite
  • Specimen of types.

    • Text
    • [Boston, Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, 1843?]
    • 1843
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MEF (Boston type and stereotype foundry. Specimen of types)Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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  • Schriftproben II., fremde Schriften.

    • Text
    • [Wien, 1932?]
    • 1932
  • Orientalia; catalogue spécial et spécimens des caractères de l'Imprimerie catholique, Beyruth (Syrie) ...

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    • Beyrouth, Impr. catholique, 1890.
    • 1890
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *OAC p.v. 273Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Specimen of printing type, from the letter foundry of James Ronaldson, successor to Binny & Ronaldson ... Philadelphia.

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    • [Philadelphia] 1816.
    • 1816
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF 1816 (MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan company, firm, type founders, Philadelphia. Specimen of printing type)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Specimen des nouveaux caractères de la fonderie et de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'aine ...

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    • À Paris, Chez P. Didot, l'ainé, et J. Didot, fils, 1819.
    • 1819
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF 1819 (Didot, firm, printers and type-founders, Paris (1789-1827?). Specimen des nouveaux caracteres)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Fournier le jeune's 1757 specimen of Sedanoise and Nompareille, with a reproduction of the specimen in facsimile, by Douglas C. McMurtrie.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill., Robert O. Ballou, 1924.
    • 1924
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF 1924 (Fournier, S. P. Fournier le jeune's 1757 specimen of Sedanoise)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Specimen of modern printing types and stereotype cuts, from the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, incorporated 1826. Late -- T.H. Carter & co. John Gorham Rogers, agent.

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    • Boston, Salem-street, 1826. T.T. Marvin, printer.
    • 1826
  • Typographic ornament, by Douglas C. McMurtrie.

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    • Chicago, Privately Printed, 1930.
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF 1930 (McMurtrie, D. C. Typographic ornament)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A specimen of printing types, by William Caslon, letter-founder, London.

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    • [London] Printed by Galabin and Baker, 1785.
    • 1785
    • 1 Item

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    Text *KF 1785 (Caslon, H. W., & company, ltd., London. Specimen of printing types)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Frankfurter Schriftproben aus dem 16. bis 18 Jahrhundert; Eine Entwicklung in ausgeswählten Beispielen. Gesemmelt von Gustav Mori mit einer Einleitung von Dr. Robert Diehl.

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    • Frankfurt am Main, Schriftgiesserei D. Stempel AG, 1955.
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF+ 1955 (Frankfurter Schriftproben aus dem 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • The roman, italic & black letter bequeathed to the University of Oxford by Dr. John Fell.

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    • Oxford, At the University Press, 1950.
    • 1950
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF 1950 (Oxford university press. Roman, italic & black letter bequeathed)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Francesco Colonna und Aldo Manuzio.

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    • Bern, The Monotype Corporation, Ltd., 1962.
    • 1962
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KF 1962 (Pozzi, G. Francesco Colonna und Aldo Manuzio)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A bakers'[sic] dozen of emblems; drawings by W.A. Dwiggins, and verses by William Rose Benét, collected from various numbers of the Saturday review of literature issued in 1927 and 1928, and Electra, a new linotype face from the hand of the said W.A.D.

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    • Brooklyn, N.Y., Mergenthaler linotype company, 1935.
    • 1935
  • Robert Granjon, sixteenth century type founder and printer.

    • Text
    • Brooklyn, N.Y., Mergenthaler Linotype Co., 1931.
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGH+ (Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Robert Granjon, sixteenth century type founder and printer)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Elements of lettering <with XIII full-page plates>. By Frederick W. Goudy ... Text composed by Bertha M. Goudy in types designed by the author.

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    • London, J. Lane, 1922.
    • 1922
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGH+ (Goudy, F. W. Elements of lettering)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Printing types used by the Southworth Press.

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    • Portland, Me., 1933.
    • 1933
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Anthoensen press, Portland, Me. Printing types used by the Southworth Press)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Specimen book of Continental types, imported exclusively by the Continental Typefounders Association Inc.

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    • New York City [1930]
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Continental Typefounders Association. Specimen book of Continental types)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Proef van Nederduitsche letters en Gothische initialen uit de XVde eeuw. Spécimen de caractères flamands et d'initiales gothiques du XVme siècle. Probe nieder-deutscher Schriften und gothischer Initialen aus dem XVten Jahrhundert. Specimen of dutch black-letters and Gothic initials of the XVth century.

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    • Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1925.
    • 1925
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KGHS (Enschede, firm, printers, Haarlem. Proef van Nederduitsche letters) Copy 1 *KP (Enschede) (Enschede, firm, printers, Haarlem. Proef van Nederduitsche letters) Copy 2Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Spécimen des caractères de la fonderie normale à Bruxelles, provenant de la fonderie de Jules Didot et de son père, Pierre Didot.

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    • A Haarlem, Chez Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1914.
    • 1914
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Enschede, firm, printers, Haarlem. Specimen des caracteres de la fonderie normale a Bruxelles)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Spécimen des lettres franc̦oises dites caractères de civilité des xvjme et xvijme siècles dans la collection typographique de Joh. Enschedé en Zonen.

    • Text
    • Haarlem, 1926.
    • 1926
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Enschede, firm, printers, Haarlem. Specimen des lettres francoises) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Text *KP (Enschede) (Enschede, firm, printers, Haarlem. Specimen des lettres francoises) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A specimen of printing types, by Edmund Fry and Co., letter-founders to the Prince of Wales.

    • Text
    • London, Printed in the year 1788.
    • 1788
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Fry, firm, type-founders, London. Specimen of printing types)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Specimen des caractères de la fonderie de N.P. Gando à Paris et de son fils Th. S. Gando à Bruxelles.

    • Text
    • Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en zonen, 1917.
    • 1917
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KP (Enschede) (Gando, firm, type-founders, Paris. Specimen des caracteres de la fonderie) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Text KGHS (Gando, firm, type-founders, Paris. Specimen des caracteres de la fonderie) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Fournier; a specimen of a classic old face designed by Pierre Simon Fournier (Fournier-le-jeune), Paris, ca. 1750, & now first revived by the Lanston Monotype Corporation, Ld. London.

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    • London, 1927.
    • 1927
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Monotype Corporation, Ltd., London. Fournier)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Garamond; a specimen of a classic letter, reproduced in eight sizes for use on the "Monotype."

    • Text
    • London, The Lanston Monotype Corporation, Ltd., 1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Monotype Corporation, Ltd., London. Garamond)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • The types, borders, rules & devices of the press arranged as a keepsake.

    • Text
    • [Riverbank, Stamford, Conn., The Overbrook Press] 1934.
    • 1934
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Overbrook Press. Types, borders, rules & devices of the press)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell, Oxford, 1693. The first English type specimen book, reproduced in collotype facsimile from the most perfect copy known, with an introduction, census and handlist.

    • Text
    • London, J. Tregaskis & son, 1928.
    • 1928
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KC 1693 (Oxford university press. Specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Text *KGHS (Oxford university press. Specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell) Copy 2Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Gradübersicht der Ehmcke-Antiqua und Stückverzeichnis des Ehmcke-Schmuckes.

    • Text
    • [Frankfort am Main, Gedruckt in der Hausdruckerei der Schriftgiesserei Flinsch 1909]
    • 1909
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Schriftgiesserei Flinsch, Frankfurt am Main. Gradubersicht der Ehmcke-Antiqua und Stuckverzeichnis des Ehmcke-Schmuckes)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Caslon old face, roman & italic, cast entirely from matrices produced from the original punches engraved in the early part of the eighteenth century in Chiswell street, London, by William Caslon.

    • Text
    • London, H.W. Caslon & co., ltd. [1924]
    • 1924
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS+ (Caslon, H. W., & co., ltd., London. Caslon old face)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • The Curwen press miscellany.

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    • London, Edited by Oliver Simon and published for the Curwen press, Plaistow, by the Soncino press, 1931.
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS+ (Curwen press, Plaistow, Eng. Curwen press miscellany)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A specimen book of types & ornaments in use at the Curwen Press, Plaistow, London.

    • Text
    • London, Published for the Curwen Press by The Fleuron, Ltd., 1928.
    • 1928
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS+ (Curwen Press, Plaistow. Specimen book of types & ornaments in use at the Curwen Press, Plaistow, London)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Proben von Schriften mit Anwendungen. Gebr. Fretz Ag., Zürich; Offsetdruck, Steindruck, Buchdruck, Kupferdruck.

    • Text
    • [Zürich, 1928]
    • 1928
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS+ (Fretz, Gebruder, Aktiengesellschaft, graphische Werkstatten, Zurich. Proben von Schriften mit Anwendungen)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Venetian printers; a conversation on the fourth day of The bibliographical decameron of Thomas Frognall Dibdin, with annotations.

    • Text
    • [Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Press of W.E. Rudge, 1924]
    • 1924
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS+ (Lanston) (Dibdin, T. F. Venetian printers)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Eine Antiqua Kursiv, nach Zeichnung von Rudolf Koch.

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    • Offenbach, Gebr. Klingspor, 1923.
    • 1923
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Klingspor, G. Antiqua Kursiv, nach Zeichnung)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Behrens-Antiqua und Schmuck von Prof. Peter Behrens.

    • Text
    • Offenbach a. Main, Gebr. Klingspor [191-?]
    • 1914
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Klingspor, Gebruder, firm, type-founders, Offenbach am Main. Behrens-Antiqua und Schmuck)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Fraktur und Peter Schlemihl, nach Zeichnung von Walter Tiemann.

    • Text
    • Offenbach am Main, Gebr. Klingspor [1921]
    • 1921
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Klingspor, Gebruder, firm, type-founders, Offenbach am main. Fraktur und Peter Schlemihl)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Halbfette deutsche Schrift, nach Zeichnung von Rudolf Koch. Geschnitten und herausgegeben von Gebr. Klingspor in Offenbach a. M.

    • Text
    • [Offenbach am Main, Gedruckt in der Hausdruckerei von Gebr. Klingspor, 1913]
    • 1913
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Klingspor, Gebruder, firm, type-founders, Offenbach am main. Halbfette deutsche Schrift)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A specimen of printing types, by William Caslon, letter founder, London.

    • Text
    • [London] Printed by J. Towers, 1766.
    • 1766
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Caslon, H. W., & Company, Ltd., London. Specimen of printing types)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Les caracters et les vignettes de la fonderie du sieur Delacologne.

    • Text
    • Lyon, Montée & près les Carmelites, 1773.
    • 1773
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Delacologne, firm, type-founders, Lyons. Caracters et les vignettes de la fonderie du sieur Delacologne)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • The Eve series.

    • Text
    • New York City, Continental Typefounders Assoc., Inc. [1930]
    • 1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., New York. Eve series)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Metropolis and Metropolis bold, with Metropolis bold extra long ascenders. A first showing in America of a new type face giving perfect harmony between the light and bold faces.

    • Text
    • [New York City, 1931?]
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., New york. Metropolis and Metropolis bold)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Ege-Schmuck ...

    • Text
    • Hamburg, Genzsch & Heyse [1923]
    • 1923
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Genzsch & Heyse, firm, type-founders, Hamburg. Ege-Schmuck)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Hamburger Bausteine.

    • Text
    • Hamburg, Genzsch & Heyse Schriftgiesserei A.-G. [1926?]
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Genzsch & Heyse, firm, type-founders, Hamburg. Hamburger Bausteine)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Essai d'une nouvelle typographie, ornée de vignettes, fleurons, trophées, filets, cadres & cartels, inventés, dessinés & exécutés par L. Luce, graveur du roi, pour Imprimerie royale ...

    • Text
    • Paris, Impr. de J. Barbou, 1771.
    • 1771
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (France. Imprimerie nationale. Essai d'une nouvelle typographie)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Antiqua, von Otto Hupp.

    • Text
    • Offenbach Main, Gebr. Klingspor [192-?]
    • 192
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *KGHS (Klingspor, Gebruder, firm, type-founders, Offenbach am Main. Antiqua. 192-)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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