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| Title | A. W. Faber Price-list |
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| Publisher | A. W. Faber |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | A 113-page catalog published in 1897 called “A. W. Faber’s Price-List of Superior Lead and Colored Pencils: Writing and Copying Inks, Slate Manufactures, Rulers, Pen-Holders, and Erasive Rubbers” by A.W. Faber based out of New York City, New York. The company is known today as Faber-Castell. Content includes a preface, testimonials, price lists, and an index of all utensils in the catalog. The products include polygrade and Siberian lead pencils, drawing pencils, low-priced lead pencils, colored pencils and chalks, pencils for artists, and school writing slates. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | TS1268.A2 1897 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1831811~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Retail Catalog Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
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| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | A. W. Faber's Wax Crayons or Creta Laevis Pencils assorted boxes price list |
| Description | Price listings for A. W. Faber's Wax Crayons or Creta Laevis Pencils box sets, Dermatographic Colored Pencils. |
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| Transcript | A. W. FABER'S MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761. 27 A. W. FABER'S Wax Crayons or Creta Laevis Pencils. Assorted Boxes. The crayons with which these boxes are fitted are selected from those enumerated in the preceding list. They are furnished 6, 12, 18, 24, 36 or 48 colors in box, as stated below. All have been selected by artists with a view to practical use. These boxes of Creta Laevis Pencils will be found of great utility for drawing or sketching. Wax Crayons, 6 colors in a box, $4.01 18 " 36 Short Wax Crayons, 12 in a box, plain cedar 3.00 " " 12 " polished cedar, 3.60 Wax Crayons, Series C, 12 colors in a box, 4.50 A. W. FABER'S New Dermatographic Colored Pencils. For drafting upon the human skin, in surgical operations, and for anatomical purposes. No. Packed K gross in a box. Per gross 5785. New Dermatographic Pencils in cedar wood, natural polished, gold stamp, with thick round colored leads, assorted in ten colors, . . . f 10.00 No. 101. White. No. 123. Ultramarine. " 105. Chrome Yellow. " 124. Prussian Blue. " 109. Ochre brown. " 131. Black. " 114. Sepia. " 138. Light Green. " 118. Vermilion. " 140. Prussian Green. 5786. Same as above, short, with point protector, 8.40 5790. Artists' Dermatographic Pencils with movable blue leads, 6% in. long, $1.20 5791. Same as above, 4X inches long 1.10 5793. Boxes of six leads for Nos. 5790 and 5791, $2.00 For use, the portions of the skin upon which it is desired to employ these pencils should first be moistened with water. All marks can be readily removed with a damp sponge. Sharpen to a short and blunt point. A. W. FABER'S MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761. |