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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Red cloth gilt, DW, small 4to., 291 pages, 22 full-page and 450 in-text illustrations. Small calligraphic book label designed by Reynolds Stone. Cloth mildly spotted else a very good copy in a clean, near fine DW with light edgewear, in archival mylar.

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.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:057111315X.

cloth, dust jacket. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 291 pages. With an Account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. With 22 full page plates and 450 inserts in the text.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: The background -- Humanists on handwriting: Erasmus and Vives -- A nobleman of Ferrara: Sigismondo Fanti -- "I, Giovannantonio Tagliente, employed by the most serene Republic of Venice ." -- A Vatican scriptor: Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi -- Giovambattista Palatino: the man about town -- Two priests: Amphiareo and Augustino da Siena -- A conservative revolutionary: Giovan Francesco Cresci -- A successful partnership: Juan de Yciar with Juan de Vingles -- A philosopher of handwriting: Pedro Madariaga -- Francisco Lucas: creator of the Spanish bastarda -- Juan de la Cuesta of Alcalá -- Andres Brun and his coloured writing-sheets -- Gerardus Mercator: calligrapher and cartographer -- A man of many parts: Jodocus Hondius -- The French connection: Christopher Plantin, Pierre Hamon, Jacques de la Rue, and Clément Perret -- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books -- Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate. Subjects: Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Penmanship History 16th century. Writing, Italic History 16th century. Calligraphy Europe. 3 Kg.

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.

1st edition. [1], 291, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontis + B&W intratextual illustrations. 10" x 7" Slight shelfwear. A VG+ copy in a similar jacket. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover. Beige DJ with Red and Black lettering/ illustrations stamped to backstrip & panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Red cloth gilt, DW, small 4to., 291 pages, 22 full-page and 450 in-text illustrations. Small sticker remnant at front pastedown, else a near fine copy in a very near fine DW, in archival mylar.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: The background -- Humanists on handwriting: Erasmus and Vives -- A nobleman of Ferrara: Sigismondo Fanti -- "I, Giovannantonio Tagliente, employed by the most serene Republic of Venice ." -- A Vatican scriptor: Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi -- Giovambattista Palatino: the man about town -- Two priests: Amphiareo and Augustino da Siena -- A conservative revolutionary: Giovan Francesco Cresci -- A successful partnership: Juan de Yciar with Juan de Vingles -- A philosopher of handwriting: Pedro Madariaga -- Francisco Lucas: creator of the Spanish bastarda -- Juan de la Cuesta of Alcalá -- Andres Brun and his coloured writing-sheets -- Gerardus Mercator: calligrapher and cartographer -- A man of many parts: Jodocus Hondius -- The French connection: Christopher Plantin, Pierre Hamon, Jacques de la Rue, and Clément Perret -- John de Beauchesne and the first English writing-books -- Epilogue: the Cresci-Scalzini debate. Subjects: Beau-Chesne, Jehan de. Penmanship History 16th century. Writing, Italic History 16th century. Calligraphy Europe. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). With an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. Frontispiece, black & white illustrations, 291pp., tall 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. London: Faber and Faber, (1980). Very Good (+).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lovely copy of this title. Book has a remainder? black mark to bottom page edges otherwise is mint with no inscriptions. Dust jacket has remains of price label to inner front flap otherwise is mint, not price clipped and now in a clear removable protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Texts from the Writing-Masters selected, introduced and translated by A.S OSLEY with an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wople. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and motif. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Otherwise internally in near fine condition with pages free from marks or inscriptions. Light edge wear to jacket. Please see images for details and feel free to request further information.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Cloth, gilt emblem on cover, sl bumped; dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard covers in clean, tidy condition with a slightly rubbed dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. WITH THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE WRITING MASTER CAME INTO HUIS OWN. FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS ABLE TO BROADCAST HIS MODELS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE WORLD IN 'WRITING BOOKS'.

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.

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling).

Octavo. Cloth. Some light speckling of cloth at bottom edge. Very good in very good d.j. D.j. has one small closed tear and light soiling. First edition.

OSLEY, A.S. SCRIBES AND SOURCES. Boston: David Godine, (1980). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. "Handbook of the chancery hand in the sixteenth century." Fine.

First Edition, 4to, 8vo, frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A handbook of the chancery hand in the 16th century. Texts from the writing-masters selected, introduced and translated by A S Osley. With an account of John de Beauchesne by Berthold Wolpe. A UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright, unfaded, complete and unclipped. The spine ends are lightly bruised. Looks very sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The spine ends are lightly bruised. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are unmarked. No foxing. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. An attractive copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 22 full-page illustrations, many smaller within the body of the text. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titling, upper board blocked with a gilt device. Fine in dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 22 full-page illustrations, many smaller within the body of the text. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titling, upper board blocked with a gilt device. Fine in dust-jacket.

VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in slightly dusty dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue.Illustrated throughout. ISBN 057111315X.

Hardcover. GOOD D/W GOOD 2 SMALL TEARS & SOME MARKS TO D/W FEP MARKED FBW; 9429.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Sm.4to, (248x170mm), 291p. 22 illustrations. A very good copy in original red cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt, dustjacket; bookplate of David Sellars.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean copy. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. Includes removeable plastic wrapper. Complete with 21 illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.