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Published by Midas Books; Taplinger Publishing Company, Tunbridge Wells and New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0859361683ISBN 13: 9780859361682
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 400 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Introduction; Two thousand years of literacyl Writing materials; Roman, early Christian and early medieval scripts; Later medieval scripts: Carolingian, romanesque, gothic and bastarda; Italian and post-medieval scripts; The sixteenth century, and the rise of the writing masters; The seventeenth century, and the heyday of the copy books; The eighteenth century; The nineteenth century; The twentieth century and the calligraphic revival; Calligraphic studies; Applied calligraphy; Bibliography; Index. Size: 4to. Collectible.