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A Specimen of Printing Types
1785
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous decorative types and printing designs
Dimensions
Overall: 25.3 x 16.3 x 1.7 cm (9 15/16 x 6 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number40.586
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: Galabin and Baker, 1785
Catalogue Raisonné
Berry and Johnson, pp. 19-20; Bigmore and Wyman, Bibliography of Printing, I, p. 107
Description(London: Galabin and Baker, 1785) Quarto; 65 leaves, printed on rectos only; nineteenth[?]-century half blind-stamped dark green morocco, green paper boards
Samples of different types; decorative alphabets; ornamental arrangements of printer's flowers
Samples of different types; decorative alphabets; ornamental arrangements of printer's flowers
ProvenanceJ. Stead (inscription, title page); William H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by the MFA, October 10, 1940.