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A brief history of borders and type flowers / Robert Freese, Sr.

This one is for all of the type enthusiasts out there!

Freese walks us through a short history of the use of metal decorative borders that can be used with metal type, with many beautiful examples from different time periods!

“(Illustrations) consist of samples of type borders.
Cloth boards, printed paper label pasted on front cover; pink silk endpapers.” –Catalog

–Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student