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A specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types : being as large and complete an assortment as is to be met with in any one printing-office in America : chiefly manufactured by that great artist William Caslon, Esq., of London.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--Massachusetts--Worcester--Early works to 1800.
- Printing.
- Printing--Specimens--Early works to 1800.
- Type and type-founding--Specimens--Early works to 1800.
- Type and type-founding.
- Type ornaments--Massachusetts--Worcester--Early works to 1800.
- Type ornaments.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 [i.e., 47] leaves ) ill., music (fold.) ;
- Other Title:
- Specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types
- Place of Publication:
- Worcester, Mass. : Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1785.
- Notes:
- Leaves are numbered and printed on one side only.
- "The collation ... is complicated by the fact that in all the copies examined there are inserted leaves dated 1787, which are arranged slightly differently in the various copies."--Sabin.
- Includes "... 6 inserted leaves dated 1787, the last two numbered '[41]' and '[42].'"--Sabin.
- Leaf 32 misnumbered 30; leaf 35 misnumbered 36; leaf 37 misnumbered 38.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 95414.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG00-B1642
- OCLC:
- 85794652
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