[Collection of samples of raised-letter line types for printing for the blind.]
Bible. Authorized
O.T. Proverbs. English. Selections
Students' magazine (Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind)
Crafts, William
1787-1826
Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley)
1801-1876
McClintock, Anna
New England Institution for the Education of the Blind
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind
Cox, Myra M.
d. 1889
former owner
mixed material
Books for the visually impaired
Type specimens
xxu
[1830-1900]
1830
1900
monographic
eng
13 items ; 41 x 31 cm or smaller
Coll. Zinman Blind: [1] Specimen of type. Medium type. This sample of Howe's Boston line type appeared in the Ninth annual report of the trustees of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind (Boston 1841) -- [2] Card embossed with a geometric diagram, and the Lord's prayer. This appeared as a specimen in Address to the trustees of the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind (Boston 1833) -- [3] Of Greece & of Rome? raised-letter, all capitals, signed: W. Crafts -- [4] Poem in two verses by Anna McClintock, a blind poet, printed in raised letter on pink paper; first line: Art those weary burdened one? -- [5] Child's book, leaf 27; text is common to the moral lessons in spellers of the 1820s -- [6] New York point alphabet. Specimen printed in Boston line type and New York point; inscribed: Myra M. Cox PO address 624 Batavia -- [7] Students' magazine, Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the blind, v. 1 no. 1 (Jan. 3, 1838), leaf 3 --
#Coll. Zinman Blind: [8] The pilgrims progress, leaf 79, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 -- [9] New Jerusalem Church, leaves 141-142 -- [10] Proverbs chapter 6, leaves 980-981, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 -- [11] Visitation of prisoners, leaf 245 of the Book of common prayer, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 [12] David Copperfield, leaves 188 and 193, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 -- [13] Type specimen, [2] leaves.
Collection title devised by cataloger.
Blind
Books and reading
Blind
Printing and writing systems
Specimens
Blind poets
11865.F (Zinman)
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TWO FOLDERS FOLDER 2 #Coll. Zinman Blind 11865.F.8-13 (Zinman)
Pilgrim's progress. Selections
Bunyan, John
1628-1688
David Copperfield. Selections
Dickens, Charles
1812-1870
Book of common prayer (1790). Selections
Episcopal Church
Bible. English. Authorized. Selections
O.T. Proverbs. English. Selections
Students' magazine (Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind)
767837426
aacr
dcrmb
AOX
111208
20230712171817.0
270925
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