Trade catalogs from A.W. Penrose & Co., Ltd.

Date Range: 1800s-1900s

Variant Company Name: Established 1839Company Name: A.W. Penrose & Co., Ltd.

Place: London, United Kingdom

Topic (Romaine Term): Scientific and optical instrumentsPhotographic equipment and suppliesPrinting; publishing; paper and bookselling (including type specimens)Measuring; calculating and testing devicesTopic: Book industries and tradeCalculatorsCamerasMeasuring instrumentsOptical instrumentsPhotographic industryPrinting machinery and suppliesPublishers and publishingScientific apparatus and instrumentsWeighing instruments

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Record Id: SILNMAHTL_30230

Type Of Material: Trade catalogsTrade literature

Notes Content: An October 1893 circular published by the British photographic process store Penrose & Co. A circa 1900 catalog for the spectroscopic camera and its accessories. Circa 1898-1900 catalog for a halftone screen process, "The Metzographic Grained Screen (Wheeler's Patent): Its Application to Block-Making, Photo-Lithography and Photogravure" ; process engraving ; "A W Penrose grew rapidly with the then newly emerging process engraving industry which mushroomed to incorporate photographically produced chemically etched halftone blocks instead of hand drawn engravings." from the website: http://www.hunterpenrose.co.uk/History.htm ; Penrose published a year book, originally entitled Process Year Book, or Process Work Year Book ; later it was called Penrose Annual, a Review of the Graphic Arts ;Includes: Trade catalog, price lists and manualBlack and white imagesColor imagesPhysical Description: 3 pieces; 1 box

Record Id: SILNMAHTL_30230

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