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Arvendel; or, Sketches in Italy and Switzerland
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2531 Switzerland. [Map, London], J. Walker. [18--]. 1 sheet. [see cabinet]."Untitled map made after 1815, when three new cantons were added to Switzerland: Valais, Neuchatel, and Geneva. These three are not shown on this half of the map, but are listed with the other cantons in the informational box in the upper right corner. End date given is the year Burton died. May be the eastern half of "Map of the Republic of Switzerland, describing the twenty-two cantons : including those of Le Valais, Geneva and Neuchatel, exhibiting the various objects interesting to the traveller compiled from the surveys of Weiss, Kellar &c. London. Published by J. A. Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty, Charing Cross East." MS notes: Burton (map cabinet) Switzerland 2531. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Visual Materials
The collection contains material from independent private presses and university presses from around the world, but the majority of the presses represented in the collection are from the United States. Types of materials include annoucements, correspondence, flyers, booklets, and catalogs. The collection also includes material from printing clubs including Grolier, William Morris Society, Moxon Chappel, Rounce and Coffin, Typophiles, and Zamorano.There are also catalogs and material relating to various type foundry companies such as Ludlow, Linotype, Bauer, and American Type Founders (ATF) as well as paper samples from Japan Paper Company, Linweave, and Worthy Paper Company.
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