1869. Specimens of Printing Types
David W. Peat has reprinted a selection of pages from the very rare 1869 MSJ specimen book. The title of the original is Specimens of Printing Types, Borders, Cuts, Rules, &c. The title on the cover of the reprint is "Book of Specimens: MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan." It was beautifully printed by Richard Hopkins at his Pioneer Press of West Virginia and is (in 2011) available from David Peat at 1225 Carroll White Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46219. 54pp with a new introduction by Peat.
1892. Specimens of Printing Types
Specimens of Printing Types (or, on cover, Compact Book of Specimens). (Philadelphia: MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, 1892.)
A digital version of this book, including the original page scans, is available at The Internet Archive; the link at left goes there. Here is a local copy of the PDF version and the (nicer) DjVu version.
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