Specimens of printing collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike and used for reference at the Merrymount Press, ca. 1900-1930.

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Specimens of printing collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike and used for reference at the Merrymount Press, ca. 1900-1930.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71329448

Scrapbook containing pages of type with ms. annotations describing size and font depicted. Also contains a few examples of printers' ornaments.

1 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8081836

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Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941

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Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) was a book designer and printer in New England. He was born an only child in an old and well-connected New England family, but his father's death in 1877 prevented Updike from pursuing higher education. Updike's Episcopalian background greatly influenced both his character and his later work as a printer, and his intellectual and cultural character was molded by his mother, an antiquary and scholar of French and English literature. Updike's first book-related j...

Merrymount Press

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The Merrymount Press was established in Boston in 1893 by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The Merrymount Press was known for its excellence in typography and design, especially in the field of decorative printing and bookmaking. From the description of Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510241 The Merrymount Press in Boston was the printing-office of D.B. (Daniel Berkeley) Updi...