Specimens of printing types : ornaments, borders, corners, rules, emblems, initials, &c.
A type foundry specimen book from 1892, published in Philadelphia by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Co, showing printing ornaments, borders, corners, rules and initials for printers and typesetters. The page shows a combination border series with numbered character sheets, framed panels and repeating floral and geometric ornament blocks that a designer could adapt for decorative frames, dividers and period-style layouts.
