Manuscript Calligraphy Workbook
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n.p. n.d. mid 19th century?.
A notebook of thirty six leaves, with a printed frontispiece followed by twenty four leaves containing examples (on recto only) of calligraphy exercises. Quarter red morocco, green cloth covered boards, decorated in blind. Corners bumped and worn, rubbing to head of spine and some marking and creasing to the cloth but overall in very good condition for what is a workbook.
The first five leaves are alphabets - Roman, German, Old English and Italic. These are followed by exercises in a variety of calligraphic hands with texts mostly taken from the Bible (the Sermon on the Mount and The Lord's Prayer) but there are two leaves with examples of trade advertisements. The last eleven leaves are blank. There is an excellent variety of calligraphy styles on display and the work was clearly done by an accomplished amateur with an inventive and imaginative mind. An attractive little book.
A notebook of thirty six leaves, with a printed frontispiece followed by twenty four leaves containing examples (on recto only) of calligraphy exercises. Quarter red morocco, green cloth covered boards, decorated in blind. Corners bumped and worn, rubbing to head of spine and some marking and creasing to the cloth but overall in very good condition for what is a workbook.
The first five leaves are alphabets - Roman, German, Old English and Italic. These are followed by exercises in a variety of calligraphic hands with texts mostly taken from the Bible (the Sermon on the Mount and The Lord's Prayer) but there are two leaves with examples of trade advertisements. The last eleven leaves are blank. There is an excellent variety of calligraphy styles on display and the work was clearly done by an accomplished amateur with an inventive and imaginative mind. An attractive little book.