David ShieldsSlight imperfections in compositional alignment… Detail of a specimen page from the 1887 _Palmer & Rey’s third revised specimen book and price list of printing material_ showing Wm H Page Wood Type Co border No 193 (and two line and two-and-one-half line samples of Antique Tuscan Extended.
The 1887 Palmer & Rey catalog is held in a number collections around the US including Columbia University, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, the Hunting Library, University of California at Berkley, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Deleware, and in the Kemble Collection now at Stanford University.
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The 1887 Palmer & Rey catalog is held in a number collections around the US including Columbia University, Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, the Hunting Library, University of California at Berkley, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Deleware, and in the Kemble Collection now at Stanford University.
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#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #letterforms #typography #letterpress #NineteenthCentury
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