1317 - Typography - Schelter & Giesecke. Main Specimen Book of J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig. Volume 1. Typefaces, brass lines, etc. With numerous type specimens and illustrations, some in color. Leipzig, Schelter & Giesecke, 1912. Unpaginated (approx. 840 pp.). 29 x 22.5 cm. Original half-linen binding with gold-stamped title on spine and cover (slightly stained, edges slightly rubbed).

Typography - Schelter & Giesecke. Main Specimen Book of J.G. Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig. Volume 1. Typefaces, brass lines, etc. With numerous type specimens and illustrations, some in color. Leipzig, Schelter & Giesecke, 1912. Unpaginated (approx. 840 pp.). 29 x 22.5 cm. Original half-linen binding with gold-stamped title on spine and cover (slightly stained, edges slightly rubbed). An elaborately designed and extremely comprehensive sample catalog of the type foundry, compiling the individual booklets that documented type specimens, texts, numbers, symbols, borders, initials, and typographic designs. At the end is a comprehensive catalog of brass products with illustrations. Numerous designs are by Max Salzmann, who later emigrated to the United States and is believed to have lived in Chicago in his final years. Nothing else appears to be known about him. This sample book was printed on Windsbraut two-speed presses manufactured by the letterpress machine factory J.G. Schelter & Giesecke in Leipzig. — Clean inside, with only a few staples showing slight rust; overall in good condition.