Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. Short closed tear from bottom edge into margin. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to..... More
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. Short closed tear from bottom edge into margin. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period..... More
Pp. xx+286, frontispiece and numerous full page illustrations printed in dark brown on tinted paper, the title page printed in red & black, chronology, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered red cloth, boards a trifle sprung, small stain to upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and..... More
Its history and production. Pp. 524, 260 plates (6 coloured), general bibliography, indices; thick roy. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, back panel slightly soiled, the backstrip faintly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More
Its history and production. Pp. 514, 16 coloured and 120 black & white plates, general bibliography, indices; thick roy. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, corners slightly bruised; Faber and Faber, London, 1967. New edition, revised and augmented with the assistance of Dr. Reinbold Regensburger. More
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer, illustrated by Helena Lovell. Pp. [16], stiff textured light brown paper, text and decorations printed in brown; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1979. *Includes poetry by Bernard O'Dowd, Judith Wright, Henry Kendall, David Campbell and James McAuley. More
A mediaeval anthology. Edited and illuminated by Dorothy Hartley. With an Introduction by George Saintsbury. Pp. xxx+320, coloured frontispiece and 3 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some full page), the title page printed in red & black, printed endpapers, index; narrow cr. 4to;..... More
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Three volumes, comprising: GOTHIC ART AND CIVILISATION. Pp. x+202(last blank); EARLY MEDIEVAL ART AND CIVILISATION. Pp. [viii]+260; BYZANTINE ART AND CIVILISATION. Pp. [viii]+184; each volume illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, with catalogue of illustrations, books for further reading, and index; all cr. 4to; uniform gilt cloth, lettered..... More
Highlights from Matrix, the review for printers and bibliophiles. Introduction by John D. Berry. Pp. 376(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the title page and colophon printed in red & black, index; demy 4to; grey papered boards, decorated in red, the spine blocked in black and..... More
Pp. xxxii+26, 24 plates, select bibliography, indices; demy 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; name in ink and light stain near top fore-corner of upper free endpaper; University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980. U.S. edition. *First published in 1969 in the Oxford Paleographical Handbooks series;..... More
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer. Pp. [16], stiff textured cream paper, text and decorations printed in black and red; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1978. More
Illuminated by Samuel Stanesby. Pp. [40], mounted sepia photographic frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, illuminated title page, the frontispiece and all text within different elaborately illuminated borders, heavily gilt, with numerous decorative initials; moire silk endpapers; f'cap. 4to; cream cloth over bevelled boards, elaborately decorated in gilt and turquoise with..... More
British Museum. In four volumes. Pp. xl+360+viii+402+x+384+xii+125 plates, most text printed double column, indices; imperial 4to; navy buckram, boards slightly scuffed; a couple of short edge splits, a little light soiling; The Trustees/British Museum, London, 1921. *The compilers were successive Keepers of the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum..... More
