COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_108863_stephenson
Identifier:
cc_108863_stephenson
Title:
Printing types: borders, initials, electros, brass rules, spacing material
Creator:
Stephenson, Blake and Company
Subject:
Type specimens
Subject:
Type and type-founding - England
Subject:
Type ornaments
Subject:
Trade catalogs
Subject:
Wood types
Summary:
Stephenson, Blake and Company was active from the early 19th century until the 1990s as the last active type foundry in Britain. The type foundry was begun in Sheffield, South Yorkshire by William Garnett and John Stephenson, with financial backing from James Blake, in 1818. In 1819, the partners acquired the Caslon type foundry. After various changes in ownership, the company would operate as Stephenson, Blake & Co. from 1841-1905. In 1914, the business became a limited liability company styled Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. This catalog includes: type metal, cuts, ornaments, and rule, and a small amount of wood type.
--Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. Printing types (1924), vii-xiv
--Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. Printing types (1924), vii-xiv
Publisher:
Stephenson, Blake & Co., Ltd.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1930
Date of Digitization:
2021
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
type specimens
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
books
Dimensions of Original:
29 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
108863
Library Collection:
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project:
2021_0062_saxe
Place:
England - Sheffield
Rights:
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Notes:
In original publisher's binding; olive green cloth over boards; front board has title, emblem, name of type foundry stamped in gold; spine title stamped in gold; olive green endpapers; all edges trimmed.