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AN ELEGANT HAND, THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP & CALLIGRAPHY.
Henning,William E.
Edited by Paul Melzer
This work chronicles the history of the Golden Age of American penmanship and calligraphy. The author guides the reader through the lives and careers of some of the most important American penmen, including Platt Rogers Spencer, the Father of American Handwriting, and Spencer's gifted student, George A. Gaskell, whose books and periodicals reached hundreds of thousands of students throughout the second half of the 1800s. Paul Melzer, the editor of this work, added more than 400 examples taken from original specimens to handsomely illustrate Henning's manuscript.
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ISLAMISCHE BUCHEINBANDE, DES 14. BIS 19. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS...
by Gratzl, Emil
First edition. (Mejer no.367). Finely illustrated with 24 collotype plates of which eight are in full color. Historical discussions of each period are followed by annotated descriptions of the individual bindings. Contains a bibliography of literature on the subject. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Spine label rubbed. Slight wear at spine ends.
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