Specimens of Type, Ornaments and Borders, Brass Rules and Dashes, Business Cuts, Society Emblems, Initial Letters, Card and Billhead Logotypes, Newspaper Headings, Check Lines, and Other Materials Necessary in the Printing Office.

Hardcover. xxviii + approx. 780 pp. + ads. Three-quarter brown leather and green cloth with cover and spine lettering gilt; red-stained edges; bevelled boards. Pagination has the following gaps (as issued): 265-272; 305-312; 377-384; 493-496; 525-532; 569-574; 641-648. Needs rebinding and some trimming. Binding shaken and cracked; about a quarter of the pages detached; some margins chipped, not affecting text or illustrative type specimen; spine detached and laid in, missing a narrow strip, but spine lettering all present. An exremely rare copy of the this Collective Specimen Book.