Old-time advertising cuts and typography : 184 plates from the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry catalog (1832) /

Old-time advertising cuts and typography : 184 plates from the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry catalog (1832) /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry
Uniform title:	Specimen of printing types from the Boston Type & Stereotype Foundry
Imprint:	New York : Dover Publications, 1989.
Description:	viii, 184 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Dover pictorial archive series
Subject:	Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry. Printing -- Specimens Type and type-founding -- Massachusetts -- Boston. Printing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Advertising -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Advertising. Advertising layout and typography. Printing. Type and type-founding. Massachusetts -- Boston. United States. History. Sources. Specimens.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/976797

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Other authors / contributors:	Saxe, Stephen O.
ISBN:	0486260232
Notes:	Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: Specimen of printing types from the Boston Type & Stereotype Foundry. Boston : The Foundry, 1832. Bibliography: p. viii.

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Summary:	Reproduced directly from a rare original catalog, this copyright-free archive includes hundreds of handy advertising cuts: eagles, musical instruments, animals, sports, many others. Also, a selection of eye-catching typefaces -- Italian, Black, Fat, Shaded and Outlined -- in a variety of sizes and styles. Add nostalgic flavor to ads, newsletters, menus, etc.<br>
Item Description:	Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: Specimen of printing types from the Boston Type & Stereotype Foundry. Boston : The Foundry, 1832.
Physical Description:	viii, 184 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p. viii.
ISBN:	0486260232