Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Specimens of printing types

Filename: 
cc_108857_shanks
Identifier: 
cc_108857_shanks
Title: 
Specimens of printing types
Creator: 
P.M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd.
Subject: 
Type and type-founding - England - London
Subject: 
Type ornaments
Subject: 
Type specimens
Subject: 
Borders
Summary: 
P.M. Shanks & Co, or the Patent Type Foundry was based in 31 Red Lion Square in London from 1881. It later was known as P.M. Shanks and Sons, Ltd. until its merger with R.H. Stevens to form Stevens, Shanks & Sons Ltd. This catalog, issued around 1912, includes: type metal, cuts, rule, and ornaments, including an extensive set of borders. It also includes a sample of music type.
Publisher: 
P.M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd.
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1912
Date of Digitization: 
2021
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
type specimens
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
26 cm
Language: 
English
Original Item Location: 
108857
Library Collection: 
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project: 
2021_0062_saxe
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4154185~S3
Place: 
London
Rights: 
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