Figure 301
Binny & Ronaldson’s Type used in The Columbiad, Philadelphia
From a copy in the Boston Athenæum (facsimile), Internet Archive (scan)
1807
In 1812, a Specimen of Printing Types from the Foundery of Binny & Ronaldson, Philadelphia, appeared…
The great primer roman was used for the text of the imposing quarto edition of Joel Barlow’s Columbiad, printed at Philadelphia in 1807, and very finely printed, too, by Fry and Kammerer, whose imprint appears on the specimen we are considering. Notes to The Columbiad are set in the small pica No. 1. This volume is an early instance of an American édition de luxe, and reflects the style of Bulmer’s London editions. The engravings, after paintings by Smirke, were procured through the interest of Robert or Fulton.