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timothy
36 x 28 mm.
© Timothy Press
Printer/Publisher: Timothy Press. Anderson, Gregg, 1908-1944. Hugo, Harold.
Country: Connecticut (U.S.) City: Meriden Date: 1937
Keywords: plants, leaves
Mottoes, Text:
Names, Initials: TP
Device Designer: Angelo, Valenti, 1897-
Device Reference: Weygand, J.L. Collection of pressmarks p. 74
Go to Page: 73 75
Usage Period:
Notes: "The Timothy Press, started in 1933 by Gregg Anderson and Harold Hugo, took its name from the Timothy Greens, second, fourth and fifth printers to the state of Connecticut, and in office eighty of the 85 years that there were official printers to the state. Its pressmark, adopted in 1937, was designed for the press by Valenti Angelo." © James Lamar Weygand
Source:
Weygand, James Lamar.
A collection of pressmarks gathered from America's private presses and from others not so private.
Nappanee, Ind., Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1956.
Reference:
Location: University of Florida
URL: https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/rarebook/devices/timothy.htm