291p, illustrated with examples of chancery hand. Contemporary descriptions with explanatory introductions.
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Seller: Free Play Books, NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo. 291 pp. b/w illustrations. Red cloth lettered in gilt at spine with gilt illustration at front board. Board edges lightly worn and rubbed. Jacket lightly toned, rubbed, minor tear to top corner of front panel. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # 2513
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Boards stained. Not price-clipped. Interior is very clean; text is pristine. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 291 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [281]-284. - Includes index. Subjects; Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Paleography Handbooks, manuals, etc. Penmanship Collected works. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 460874
Seller: Ex libris librorum, Upper Sturt, SA, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, original maroon cloth with spine stamped in gilt, some shelfwear to edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good, in mylar, slightly toned on reverse, else very good. First Edition, first impression, of classic humanist essays on handwriting. 291 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [281]-284. Illustrated with examples throughout. Translations of the key 16th century texts on handwriting, beginning with the Erasmus and Vives dialogues, continues with the works of Tagliente, Vicentino (Arrighi), Palatino, Mercator, Hondius and Brun et al. Original source text. Rare. Seller Inventory # ABE-1723850962777
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Boards stained. Not price-clipped. Interior is very clean; text is pristine. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 291 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [281]-284. - Includes index. Subjects; Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Paleography Handbooks, manuals, etc. Penmanship Collected works. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 460874
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 1st. Frontispiece. Owner's name written on front fixed endpaper. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth with spine stamped in gilt and front cover illustrated in gilt. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 291 pages. Seller Inventory # 9030444
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0879232978
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 66N89_75_0879232978