The history of ink, including its etymology, chemistry, and bibliography
A trade monograph on ink, its etymology, chemistry, and history, written by New York ink manufacturer Thaddeus Davids and published by his own firm in 1860 for stationers, scribes, and antiquarians. The plates reproduce royal signatures, chancery monograms, and medieval charter hands in stark black line, offering flourished capitals, paraphs, and specimen alphabets for lettering and ornament work.
