Feb 02, 2006 - Sale 2065

Sale 2065 - Lot 283

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(TYPOGRAPHY.) Boston Type and Stereotype Company. Specimen of Modern Printing Types. 120 leaves, printed on one side only. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 roan, front cover detached, worn; labels on the front pastedown, some foxing but generally clean; later slipcase, worn. Boston, 1837

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The seventh catalogue issued by the foundry -- the first in New England to issue a specimen catalogue. Besides the various types, the book includes examples of woodcuts, including a folding plate of an American eagle. Annenberg, pages 70-74 (locating 6 copies, varying in lengths from 120 to 126 leaves).