]> hamilton_g_rb George Hamilton Book Collection on Printing and Typography A description of the collection at Syracuse University Dane Flansburgh &su_name; &su_address; 21 Aug 2025 Dane Flansburgh 21 Aug 2025 English Overview of the Collection &su_name; &su_address; Hamilton, George W. George Hamilton Book Collection on Printing and Typography 1599-2020 1308 items A collection of printed materials relating to the history of printing and typography. hamilton_g_rb English and German Biographical History

George William Hamilton is an American printer. Born in the United States, Hamilton has lived in Vienna, Austria for over 50 years, where he has printed on Kelsey and Adana presses. Hamilton previously owned a printing plant in Philadelphia, was an amateur journalist, and worked in radio in the Middle East during the 1960s. He is a longtime printing enthusiast, amassing a large collection of books, rare and otherwise, regarding typography and the history of printing from the 16th century to modern day.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The George Hamilton Book Collection on Printing and Typography contains over 1300 books and publications spanning more than 400 years. The collection has many books on the history of printing, from Gutenberg to hot metal specimens of the twenty-first century, including books on German type designers and calligraphers Jan Tschichold and Hermann Zapf, Austrian type specimen books from the Wiener Werkstatte era, and a very rare Antonio Zatta specimen of 1794. The collection is particularly strong in German specimen books of foundries such as Bauer; Genzsch and Heyse Kingspor; Schelter and Giesecke; and Stemple.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.

Other Related Finding Aids

There is an inventory for this collection but it is not currently available. If you have any questions about its contents, please contact SCRC.

Subject and Genre Headings Publishing, printing and book arts Hamilton, George W. Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468. Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974. Zapf, Hermann. Book collecting. Calligraphy. Penmanship. Printing -- History. Printing presses. Publishers and publishing. Printing. Book catalogs. Books. Fliers (printed matter) Pamphlets. Prints (visual works) Programs (documents) Type specimens (documents) Access Restrictions

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact SCRC for more information.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

George Hamilton Book Collection on Printing and Typography, &su_name;

Acquisition Information

Gift of George W. Hamilton, 2025

Inventory

The inventory for this collection is not currently available. If you have any questions about its contents, please contact SCRC.