Zaehnsdorf bookbinders records, circa 1860-1952.

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Zaehnsdorf bookbinders records, circa 1860-1952.

The collection contains two small notebooks with manuscript recipes and instructions for marbling and coloring calf bindings, mixing inks, renewing manuscripts, transferring engravings to paper, removing ink spots, etc., with some financial accounts, circa 1890-1946; one folder of printed and manuscript price lists, circa 1860-1952; one account book with employee records and performance assessments, 1872-1932; and one folder of correspondence from and about bindery employees, 1894-1936.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7946050

RIT Library, Wallace Library

Related Entities

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Zaehnsdorf, Ernest Joseph Watts, 1879-1970.

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Zaehnsdorf (Firm)

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Zaehnsdorf firm of bookbinders, London, England, founded in 1842 by Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1814-1886), continued by his son Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (1853-1930) and grandson Ernest Zaehnsdorf (1879-1970) through 1947; incorporated as Zaehnsdorf Ltd. in 1913. From the description of Zaehnsdorf bookbinders records, circa 1860-1952. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 655777590 ...

Zaehnsdorf, Joseph, 1814-1886.

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Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930

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