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Specimens lithography , engraving and printing establishment of Augustus Kollner, designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix block, corner of Second & Dock streets, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813.
Title
Specimens lithography , engraving and printing establishment of Augustus Kollner, designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix block, corner of Second & Dock streets, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Date
[ca. 1851]
Physical Description
1 portfolio (1 leave, 2 plates): lithograph; 26 x 36 cm. (10 x 13 in.)
Description
Catalog containing specimens, including one plate of vignettes and one plate of banknotes. Vignettes depict "Wingohocking Mills, Frankford, Pa."; "Crane Iron Company"; and the landscape view "Broad Top." Banknotes include vignettes showing the entire complex and a specific building at "R. Garsed & Bro. Wingohocking Mills"; a locomotive; and a sailing ship. Banknote plate also includes a sample of lettering reading "Kensington Bank." Catalog also contains a double-sided page of variant specimen lettering presented as text advertising Kollner to "Druggists, Chemists, Manufacturers and Publishers of Books, Periodicals, Maps, &c." Text promotes his samples of work including, "tasteful labels, showcards, ornamental borders title pages,and business & visiting cards, in handsome of lettering" in addition to his views for Goupil, Vibert & Co and "Large Map of of the City of New York now publishing" (i.e., Dripps map, 1851).Text also promotes transfers from steel and copper plates, and "indefinite number of copies can be struck off at short notice and at very moderate charges."
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Cover contains ornamental border.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 89
Library of Congress: NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11
Subject
Kollner, Augustus,. b. 1813.
Wingohocking Mills.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Specimens -- 1850-1860.
Sample books -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library of Congress| Prints and Photograph Division | LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Title
Library of Congress| Prints and Photograph Division | LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Kensington Bank
Library of Congress| Prints and Photograph Division | LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Wingohocking Mills
Library of Congress| Prints and Photograph Division | LOC NE2820.K6 (Case X) 64-11 Druggists Chemists
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