| Title: |
Specimens of Type in the Printing & Stereotyping Establishment of John F. Trow, Showing the Different Sizes and Styles of Type, Oriental, Plain, and Ornamental, Used in the various kinds of Book-work and Fancy Jobs, as well as Specimens of Printing fine Wood-Engravings. |
| Description: |
New York. 1851. ff. 34 printed on one side only, including a nine-leaf section of wood- engraved plates, two of the engravings are printed in sepia, orig. publisher’s wrappers printed in four colours and gilt, wrappers detached, corners slightly dog-eared, some light soiling otherwise a nice copy. Trow first began printing in 1833 in partnership with John T. West. He was among the first New York printers to use a power press and stereotyping. The present catalogue includes over seventy type samples, a sheet music sample, and eighteen examples of wood engravings. The “Greek and Oriental Type” section includes several Greek and Hebrew fonts, as well as type for Arabic, Coptic, Syriac, etc. The introduction provides a detailed description of Trow’s establishment. |
