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Title
Epitome of specimens from the foundry of V. & J. Figgins
Creator
V. & J. Figgins
Summary
Vincent Figgins established a successful type foundry in London in 1792. Following his retirement in 1836, his sons, Vincent and James, continued the foundry, managing it together until 1860. This catalog includes: type metal, wood type, cuts, ornaments, and rule. It also includes examples of Persian, Sanskrit, Bengali, Coptic, Syriac, Hebrew, Greek, German, and Saxon type, as well as music type.
Title
Poster specimens from the Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co.
Creator
Wm. H. Page & Co.
Summary
William H. Page established his own foundry for the manufacture of wood type in Norwich, Connecticut around 1856 and moved the plant to the Greenville suburb of Norwich around 1859 or 1859. The company continued to expand throughout the 1860s. In 1876, it was reorganized as William H. Page Wood Type Company. This catalog displays large scale wood type for use in the printing of posters
--Kelly, R. R. "American Wood Type: 1820-1900," pages 43-44.
Title
Printing types: borders, initials, electros, brass rules, spacing material
Creator
Stephenson, Blake and Company
Summary
Stephenson, Blake and Company was active from the early 19th century until the 1990s as the last active type foundry in Britain. The type foundry was begun in Sheffield, South Yorkshire by William Garnett and John Stephenson, with financial backing from James Blake, in 1818. In 1819, the partners acquired the Caslon type foundry. After various changes in ownership, the company would operate as Stephenson, Blake & Co. from 1841-1905. In 1914, the business became a limited liability company styled Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. This catalog includes: type metal, cuts, ornaments, and rule, and a small amount of wood type.
--Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd. Printing types (1924), vii-xiv
Title
Specimen book 1901
Creator
H.C. Hansen Type Foundry
Summary
"The H.C. Hansen Type Foundry was established by H. C. Hansen, who was born in Norway and immigrated to Boston, where he found employment with the Dickinson Type Foundry in 1868. After the 1872 fire at that foundry, Hansen decided to go into business for himself, implementing many efficiencies in practice. This catalog includes: type metal, equipment, presses, wood type, cuts, ornaments, and rule. The preface, signed H. C. Hansen, notes the firm's "new and commodious quarters, 190-192 Congress Street."
--Annenberg, M. "Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs," page 145-49.
Title
Specimens of wood type,: "cut by machinery" by Wells & Webb, and for sale at their printers' warehouse
Creator
Wells & Webb
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.
Title
Wood Border of the T. J. Lyons Collection
Creator
Greer, David F.
Summary
"From 1924 until his death in 1986, in his 93rd year, Thomas J. Lyons ('TJ') was a collector of vintage wood and metal type fonts who designed and printed using those fonts."
Title
Wood Type Collection of T. J. Lyons
Creator
Greer, David F.
Summary
The third wood type specimen Greer printed, this volume contains approximately 240 fonts dating from the earliest period of U.S. manufacture, with most of them from the T. J. Lyons Press of Boston.
Title
Wood type, manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Conn.
Creator
Wm. H. Page & Co.
Summary
William H. Page established his own company for the manufacture of wood type in Norwich, Connecticut around 1856 and moved the plant to the Greenville suburb of Norwich around 1859 or 1859. The company continued to expand throughout the 1860s. Up until 1872, Page concentrated on wooden products; in 1873 he started advertising printers' goods. This catalog includes: wood type, cuts, ornaments, and rule, as well as a small selection of presses and printers' equipment and supplies. It also includes German type.
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