Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: A specimen of printing types, cast at the letter foundry of D. & G. Bruce...

Filename: 
cc_108527_bruce.jpg
Identifier: 
cc_108527_bruce.jpg
Title: 
A specimen of printing types, cast at the letter foundry of D. & G. Bruce...
Creator: 
D. & G. Bruce (Firm)
Subject: 
Type specimens
Subject: 
Type and type-founding - New York
Subject: 
Type ornaments
Summary: 
"By 1816, the Bruce brothers shifted from printing to focus exclusively on type founding and stereotyping under the name of D. & G. Bruce, Letter-founders; they previously had published their first specimen book around 1815. This early catalog includes: type metal, cuts, ornaments, and rule." --Annenberg, M. "Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs," page 83.
Summary: 
In original publisher's printed paper wrappers.
Publisher: 
D. & G. Bruce (Firm)
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1820 approximate
Date of Digitization: 
2021
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
type specimens
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
22 cm
Language: 
English
Original Item Location: 
108527
Library Collection: 
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project: 
2021_0062_saxe
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4127245~S3
Rights: 
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