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This catalog of type specimen from 1834 includes several pages of animal ornaments cast by the Johnson & Smith printing firm in Philadelphia. Specimen of printing types and ornaments, / cast by Johnson & Smith, (successors to Richard Ronaldson,) No....

This catalog of type specimen from 1834 includes several pages of animal ornaments cast by the Johnson & Smith printing firm in Philadelphia. 

Specimen of printing types and ornaments, / cast by Johnson & Smith, (successors to Richard Ronaldson,) No. 6 George Street.
Philadelphia. : [s.n.], 1834. [331] leaves (6 folded) :  ill. ;  24 cm.

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