Abridged specimen book, type : nickel-alloy on universal line comprising a price list of types, borders, leads and slugs, brass rule, brass galleys ; miscellaneous cuts and general supplies for printers
A trade specimen book issued by the Keystone Type Foundry in Philadelphia in 1906, listing types, borders, rules and stock cuts for sale to working printers. Pages carry alphabets in display and text faces, decorated initials set in foliate blocks, corner and panel ornaments, and small line vignettes — ready-made lettering, frames and rules for reuse.
