Accession Number: 2003.15
Summary/Description: This issue of the weekly magazine, pp. 217-224, contains an article on page 219 titled "Music for the Blind." It describes John Alston's book, "Musical Catechism, with tunes, for the use of the Blind," which he embossed in the raised Roman letter system known as Alston's type, with musical notation also in raised form. "The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" --front page.
Publisher: Charles Knight & Co.
Publisher Place: London, England
Publish Date: June 9, 1838
Subjects: Alston's type Music for the blind and visually impaired Printing and writing systems
Physical Description: Paper 11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. Vol. 7, no. 397