Rise and fall of The printers' international specimen exchange
By: Matthew McLennan Young
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Castle, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781584563099
Subjects: Type and type-founding; Printers' international specimen exchange; Specimens; History
Description: "An in-depth study of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange, a subscription publication started in England in 1880 that ran for 16 volumes and included the work of over 1,000 printing establishments from 28 different nations. Includes 82 selected full-page reproductions of specimens and an index of contributors"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: 1879 : I wish to make a suggestion; title: 1880-87 : the Field & Tuer years; title: The Hilton testimonial; title: 1888-98 : the Raithby, Lawrence years; title: Other specimen exchanges; title: A gallery of specimens, 1880-1898; title: Appendix. Contributors & volumes.