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Barnāmij al-ḥurūf al-mawjūdah fī al-maṭbaʻah al-madhkūrah = Un échantillon des caractères de l'Imprimerie des belles-lettres = Specimens of types found in the Adabeat Press

Maṭbaʻah al-Adabīyah (Beirut, Lebanon), author · 1880 · Bayrūt, Sūriyah : al-Maṭbaʻah al-Adabīyah · 1 picture

A type specimen book printed in 1880 by the Adabiyya Press in Beirut, Lebanon, showing typefaces and ornaments for printers and buyers of Arabic and French type. The page shown is a numbered sheet of rectangular ornamental borders and corner pieces, numbered 7 to 12, printed in black on cream paper. A designer might take from it the framed, symmetrical border systems and corner ornaments that stacked type-founders used to decorate title pages and panels.

Maṭbaʻah al-Adabīyah (Beirut, Lebanon) · Type and type-founding -- Lebanon -- History -- 19th century -- Specimens · Arabic type -- Specimens · Caractères arabes (Industries graphiques) -- Spécimens

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