A specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types. Being as large and complete an assortment as is to be met with in any one printing-office in America. : Chiefly manufactured by that great artist, William Caslon, Esq; of London.

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A specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types. Being as large and complete an assortment as is to be met with in any one printing-office in America. : Chiefly manufactured by that great artist, William Caslon, Esq; of London.
Author
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.
Publication
Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, :: by Isaiah Thomas.,
MDCCLXXXV [i.e., 1787].
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Subject terms
Caslon, William, 1693-1766.
Printing -- Specimens.
Type and type-founding.
Printing.
Type specimens.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/N15181.0001.001
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"A specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types. Being as large and complete an assortment as is to be met with in any one printing-office in America. : Chiefly manufactured by that great artist, William Caslon, Esq; of London." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N15181.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2025.

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