R & A specimens . JjJttMk of ^5J^-HE general object of this little book will be comprehended at aglance ; and while renewing to our customers our thanks fortheir long-continued patronage, we wish to remind them thatwe are not inattentive to the fact that to their favor, in aconsiderable degree, is our success attributable. From smallbeginnings, — from a single press and a few founts of type,— our establishment has grown to be not only the largestin New England, but second to but one or two in the United States. Theart of Printing is so progressive — and human skill in a


R & A specimens . JjJttMk of ^5J^-HE general object of this little book will be comprehended at aglance ; and while renewing to our customers our thanks fortheir long-continued patronage, we wish to remind them thatwe are not inattentive to the fact that to their favor, in aconsiderable degree, is our success attributable. From smallbeginnings, — from a single press and a few founts of type,— our establishment has grown to be not only the largestin New England, but second to but one or two in the United States. Theart of Printing is so progressive — and human skill in a hundred depart-ments is engaged in its improvement — that no concern of this kind can bepronounced perfect. But we can (and this we promise to do) keep pace withthe most advanced condition of the art; adopting all the great and minorimprovements; and showing to the world, by the quality of our work, thatnothing better has yet been accomplished. To bring our establishment toits present proportions has been the unceasing labor of more than t


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