Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Specimens of wood type,: "cut by machinery" by Wells & Webb, and for sale at their printers' warehouse

Filename: 
cc_108716_wells
Identifier: 
cc_108716_wells
Title: 
Specimens of wood type,: "cut by machinery" by Wells & Webb, and for sale at their printers' warehouse
Creator: 
Wells & Webb
Subject: 
Type specimens
Subject: 
Type and type-founding - New York
Subject: 
Printing machinery and supplies
Subject: 
Wood types
Subject: 
Trade catalogs
Summary: 
"Started by Darius Wells, who took on Ebenezer Russell Webb as a partner in 1839, the firm of Wells & Webb was located in Paterson, New Jersey and New York City. The specimens they produced in 1840, 1849, and 1854 are important becaus many new styles were introduced." --Kelly, R. "American wood type, 1820-1900," pages 36-37, 68.
Publisher: 
Wells & Webb
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1849
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: 
108716
Library Collection: 
The Stephen O. Saxe Printing History Collection
Digital Project: 
2021_0062_saxe
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b4127324~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 contemporary quarter binding; brown calf with marbled paper over boards