Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Specimen book of book, newspaper and job printing types: rules, cuts, borders, etc., manufactured by the Empire State Type Foundry

Filename: 
cc_108584_empire
Identifier: 
cc_108584_empire
Title: 
Specimen book of book, newspaper and job printing types: rules, cuts, borders, etc., manufactured by the Empire State Type Foundry
Creator: 
Empire State Type Foundry
Subject: 
Type specimens
Subject: 
Type and type-founding - New York
Subject: 
Type ornaments
Subject: 
Printing machinery and supplies
Subject: 
Trade catalogs
Summary: 
"Empire State Type Foundry was started by Samuel R. Walker in 1888; it operated on the premises of Walker & Bresnan through 1892. Their display types were all manufactured by the Boston and Central Type Foundry. This catalog, the second edition of their specimen book, includes: type metal, equipment, rule, and a limited selection of ornaments." --Annenberg, M. "Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs," page 133.
Publisher: 
Empire State Type Foundry
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1889
Date of Digitization: 
2021
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
type specimens
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
31 cm
Language: 
English
Original Item Location: 
108584
Library Collection: 
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project: 
2021_0062_saxe
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4127981~S3
Place: 
New York - New York
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.
Notes: 
In original publisher's binding; blue "S" grain cloth over boards; front board has name of type foundry stamped in gold; cream endpapers; all edges trimmed