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American encyclopaedia of printing

edited by J. Luther Ringwalt
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Philadelphia : Menamin & Ringwalt : J.B. Lippincott, 1871

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Contributors:
Ringwalt, J. Luther (John Luther)
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Subjects:
Printing — Dictionaries
Menamin, R. S. (Robert S.), 1833-1887 — Autographs — Specimens
Printing
Genres:
Lithographs — 19th century — United States
Color lithographs — 19th century — United States
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) — 1871 — United States
Embossed cloth bindings (Binding) — 1871 — United States
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) — 19th century — United States
Printed books — United States — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — 19th century
Dictionaries
General Notes:
One plate (op. p. 64) is an example of "Printing for the Blind" with relief lettering.
ex. coll. Mrs. M. E. Spencer, gift from the publisher.
Bound in publisher's embossed and textured brown cloth with gilt pictorial decoration, gilt spine titles in decorative borders, and blind-stamped back cover replicating the design on the front cover.
Presentation inscription on recto of 2nd leaf: "Presented to / Mrs. M.E. Spencer, / by the Publisher / R.S. Menamin / Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1872."
Physical Description:
xv, 2 unnumbered pages, 18-512 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
Call Numbers:
Z118 .A63 1871
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
10015366
OCLC Numbers:
1182318