TYPE SPECIMEN. INDIA, CENTRAL PRINTING OFFICE. Specimens of Type in the Central Printing Office. , Calcutta: Printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1886.

Royal 8vo, [x]pp., followed by 181ff. printed on recto only, some of the samples of borders are printed in a variety of colours to show the effects intended to be produced by the designer, leaves 147-171 consist of 'Specimens of ink', inner hinges a little shaken, orig. cloth, gilt, a very good copy. Indian specimen books of type are extremely rare, this being a substantial and particularly attractive example. Copac and OCLC locate copies at Oxford and Harvard respectively; St. Bride library also holds a copy. (Book ref. 28259)  £898.00

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