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Printed at the Offices of C. Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle. 1860. 8vo, letterpress fly-title followed by 21 leaves of type specimens, printed on rectos only, original buff printed wrappers, title within a decorative border, neat new matching paper backstrip. The specimens are numbered from 1 through to 165; book founts, decorative and display types, decorative borders, ornaments and so on. The firm was originally founded in Carlisle in 1816 by Charles Thurnam and initially comprised of a Circulating library and the selling of journals, periodicals, and even patent medicines. The follow year they ventured into printing, stationery and bookselling and soon established themselves as the foremost printers in Cumbria. Copac listing Cambridge University Library copy only. |
