COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_108683_newengland
Identifier:
cc_108683_newengland
Title:
Specimens of printing types and ornaments, from the New England Type & Stereotype Foundery [sic]
Creator:
New England Type and Stereotype Foundry
Subject:
Type and type-founding - Massachusetts
Subject:
Type specimens
Subject:
Type ornaments (Type evidence)
Subject:
Wood types (Printing)
Subject:
Engraving
Summary:
The New England Type Foundry went through many changes of ownership and eventually bankruptcy, operating from 1824-1886. By 1851 there had been five changes of management before the firm of Hobart & Robbins took control of the company. This catalog, the first issued by Hobart & Robbins, includes: type metal, wood type, cuts, ornaments, and rule.
--Annenberg, M. Type foundries of America and their catalogs, pages 203-204.
--Annenberg, M. Type foundries of America and their catalogs, pages 203-204.
Publisher:
Hobart & Robbins
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Dutton & Wentworth, printers
Date of Original:
1851
Date of Digitization:
2021
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
type specimens
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
books
Dimensions of Original:
30 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
108683
Library Collection:
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project:
2021_0062_saxe
Place:
Massachusetts - Boston
Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.