The railroad
A 1901 New York book published by McClure, Phillips & Co. and held by the Smithsonian Libraries, titled The Railroad. The only picture is the decorative title page, with an art nouveau border of interlaced curves framing the title in red and black, a red medallion at the base, and a Smithsonian library stamp across the lower edge. A designer could take its bold frame-and-medallion layout and red-on-black lettering as a model for period typography.
