Featured on PDR in the collection Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

Some select pages from the exquisite Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, Etc. (1874), a specimen book produced by the William H. Page wood type company. Chromatic types, which were made to print in two or more colours, were first produced as wood type by Edwin Allen, and shown by George Nesbitt in his 1841 Fourth Specimen of Machinery Cut Wood Type. It is William H Page's book, however, that is considered to be the highpoint of chromatic wood type production.

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1874

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