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Order Nr. 140455 THE STORY OF WRITING, FROM CAVE ART TO COMPUTER. William Cahn

THE STORY OF WRITING, FROM CAVE ART TO COMPUTER.

Irvington-on-Hudson: Harvey House, Inc., 1963. large 8vo. cloth. 128 pages, with 4 additional pages of plates. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket, else a very good copy. An introductory work for young readers on the history of writing: pre-alphabetic systems, alphabets and syllabaries, numerals, writing implements, the invention of printing, and machine writing (typewriter, typesetting machines, computers). With many black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE STORY OF WRITING, FROM CAVE ART TO COMPUTER

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Order Nr. 58283 THE PRACTICE OF LETTERS. David P. Becker
(Calligraphy).

THE PRACTICE OF LETTERS.

Cambridge: The Harvard College Library, 1997. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxiii, (i), 127+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 2500 copies at The Stinehour Press. A fine copy. This catalogue describes the collection of printed manuals for the teaching of lettering and handwriting acquired by Philip Hofer for the Harvard College Library. Included are all of the pre-1800 printed writing manuals given or bequeathed by Hofer to the Department and all of those..... READ MORE about THE PRACTICE OF LETTERS

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Order Nr. 28322 BIBLIOGRAPHIE DEUTSCHER SCHREIBMEISTERBUCHER VON NEUDORFFER BIS 1800. Werner Doede
(Calligraphy).

BIBLIOGRAPHIE DEUTSCHER SCHREIBMEISTERBUCHER VON NEUDORFFER BIS 1800.

Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., (1958). 4to. cloth, slipcase. 123, (8) pages with 32 plates. Limited to 600 numbered copies. Fine in fine slipcase.The best bibliography of German calligraphic manuals. With detailed descriptions and annotations accompanying each manual. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DEUTSCHER SCHREIBMEISTERBUCHER VON NEUDORFFER BIS 1800

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Order Nr. 27875 SCHÖN SCHREIBEN, EINE KUNST, JOHANN NEUDÖRFFER UND SEINE SCHULE IM 16. UND 17....
(Calligraphy).

SCHÖN SCHREIBEN, EINE KUNST, JOHANN NEUDÖRFFER UND SEINE SCHULE IM 16. UND 17. JAHRHUNDERT.

Munchen: Prestel Verlag, (1957). oblong small 8vo. boards, later plain paper jacket. 95+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Well illustrated look at this early German calligrapher including many reproductions from his manuals. READ MORE about SCHÖN SCHREIBEN, EINE KUNST, JOHANN NEUDÖRFFER UND SEINE SCHULE IM 16. UND 17. JAHRHUNDERT

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Order Nr. 142927 ECRITURES from Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE
(Calligraphy).

ECRITURES from Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE.

Removed from Denis Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES ARTS ET METIERS.
Paris: Diderot, 1763. folio. extracted leaves, loose. 16 pages of text followed by 16 folio plates. Removed from Denis Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES ARTS ET METIERS. The complete section of Diderot that calligraphic writing, titled Ecritures (St. Bride Catalogue p.161; Bonacini no.321). First page of the text with a tear along the top effecting the text. Plate XIV is torn, but no loss. Completely disbound. A very nice copy. READ MORE about ECRITURES from Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE

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Order Nr. 140293 BRACHYGRAPHY; OR, AN EASY AND COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF SHORT HAND. Thomas Gurney
(Calligraphy).

BRACHYGRAPHY; OR, AN EASY AND COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF SHORT HAND.

London: Printed for W.B. Gurney, 1835. 12mo. full leather, gilt border on front cover. 2 preliminary leaves, [3]-76 pages frontispiece (portrait) 12 facsimile on 6 leaves. Sixteenth edition. Spine faded and worn at spine ends. Rubbing to spine and edges. Very minor toning to the preliminary pages. Very scarce. READ MORE about BRACHYGRAPHY; OR, AN EASY AND COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF SHORT HAND

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Order Nr. 1090 CALLIGRAPHY. Johann Georg Schwandner
(Calligraphy).

CALLIGRAPHY.

New York: Dover, (1958). folio. cloth. unpaginated. Reprint of the 1756 first edition. Many fine plates showing calligraphic examples. Dust jacket lightly chipped and soiled, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY

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Order Nr. 54393 CALLIGRAPHY. Johann Georg Schwandner
(Calligraphy).

CALLIGRAPHY.

New York: Dover, (1958). folio. cloth, dust jacket. Reprint of the 1756 first edition. Fine in fine jacket. Variant dust jacket. Many fine plates showing calligraphic examples. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY

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Order Nr. 142701 FORMEN UND GEGENFORMEN / FORMES ET CONTREFORMES / FORMS AND COUNTERFORMS. Adrian...
Signed by Adrian Frutiger

FORMEN UND GEGENFORMEN / FORMES ET CONTREFORMES / FORMS AND COUNTERFORMS.

Cham: Syndor Press, 1998. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 109 pages. First edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Spine of jacket with a touch of fading, else a fine copy. Contains color / b&w illustrations and photographs throughout. READ MORE about FORMEN UND GEGENFORMEN / FORMES ET CONTREFORMES / FORMS AND COUNTERFORMS

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Order Nr. 35984 ALPHABET OF FRANCESCO TORNIELLO DA NOVARA (1517) FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON WITH...
(Officina Bodoni).

ALPHABET OF FRANCESCO TORNIELLO DA NOVARA (1517) FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON WITH THE ALPHABET OF FRA LUCA PACIOLI.

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1971. small 4to. quarter leather, paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, slipcase. xxxviii, 104, (2) pages. Limited to 160 numbered copies and printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni (Schmoller no.170). Spine faded, else fine publisher's slipcase. Keith Hogg invoice for Max Caflisch, dated 1971, loosely inserted. An English translation of Torniello's text by Betty Radice with an introduction in English by Mardersteig. The text discusses Torniello, Guillaume Le Signerre..... READ MORE about ALPHABET OF FRANCESCO TORNIELLO DA NOVARA (1517) FOLLOWED BY A COMPARISON WITH THE ALPHABET OF...

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