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[ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY & ENGRAVING 1570-1800]. The English Writing-Masters and Their Copy-Books, 1570-1800. A Biographical Dictionary & A Bibliography. With an introduction to the development of handwriting by Stanley Morison

[ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY & ENGRAVING 1570-1800]. The English Writing-Masters and Their Copy-Books, 1570-1800. A Biographical Dictionary & A Bibliography. With an introduction to the development of handwriting by Stanley Morison by Heal, Ambrose

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[ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY & ENGRAVING 1570-1800]. The English Writing-Masters and Their Copy-Books, 1570-1800. A Biographical Dictionary & A Bibliography. With an introduction to the development of handwriting by Stanley Morison
Author
Heal, Ambrose
Seller
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Cambridge: University Press, 1931. First Edition. Very good. Large 4to. Engraved frontispiece ("La belle ecriture demande un esprit gai"), xl, 226 pp. 81 plates. Original light-brown quarter cloth over decorated ("marbled") cloth boards (very small abrasion at tail of spine). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper soiled and defective, inside lined with brown paper. Text, plates, and binding are in splendid state; a lovely copy. First edition, limited to 300 copies signed by the author, of the essential reference work on the history of English writing manuals -- still unsurpassed. Ours is copy 146 and is preserved in very fresh, unmarked condition. This ORIGINAL EDITION is a fine specimen of Cambridge bookmaking and is much preferred over the ugly facsimile reprint (Olms, 1962) which disgraced the beauty of the 23 portraits of the writing-masters and the 58 plates of their copy-books and trade-cards (some of the plates present more than one example). The value of the present volume lies not only in the extensive biographies of the writing-masters, and the extremely detailed bibliographical descriptions of their work, but in Heal's long and insightful Preface, and Stanley Morison's discourse into "The Development of Handwriting." "Mr. Heal has, in this scholarly and important book, proved his contention that his subject [English Writing-Masters] is of deep interest. Moreover, his admirable work is arranged in a manner very convenient for reference. It should prove of great value to students, and have some influence in increasing their number." (Review in "The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs," Vol. 61, No. 356 [Nov., 1932], pp. 239-240). ¶ This original edition is uncommon on the market; the last copy to appear at auction was Graham Pollard's which sold in 2013 at Bonham's London.
The Political Economy of the Brazilian State, 1889-1930

The Political Economy of the Brazilian State, 1889-1930 by Steven Topik

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The Political Economy of the Brazilian State, 1889-1930
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Steven Topik
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1987. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR STEVEN TOPIK on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1987 1st edition, in its much less common hardback. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with light rubbing along the panel edges. Octavo, #71 in University of Texas's formidable "Latin American Monographs" series.

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