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Specimens from the Boston Type Foundry

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1883.
Call number: 373294a
Creator: Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Bookplate of J. Vaughn Dennet.
Dimensions: 17 cm
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