Calligraphy & illuminating reference.

Calligraphy & illuminating reference. A comprehensive collection of reference relating to the history and technique of calligraphy and illumination etc., including Tributes to Edward Johnston Calligrapher, Privately printed by the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, Maidstone College of Art, 1948, monochrome plates, front free endpaper with the signature of Dorothy Hutton (1889-1984, painter, calligrapher and printmaker), original cloth, 8vo; Handwriting: Everyman's Craft by Graily Hewitt, 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, 1938, front free endpaper signed by the author, original cloth, 8vo; 2,000 years of Calligraphy: A three-part exhibition organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art, Peabody Institute Library [&] Walters Art Gallery, June 6-July 18, 1965, London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1972, monochrome illustrations, original cloth, 4to (limited edition 54/250); Calligraphy Today by Heather Child, London: Studio Books, 1963, half-title signed by the author, original cloth in slightly worn dust jacket, 4to; Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering by Edward Johnston, 1st edition, London: John Hogg, 1906, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, in modern book box, 8vo; Swan's Plain and Ornamental Alphabet Coopy Book for the use of Schools, Glasgow: Joseph Swan, circa 1850, original printed wrappers, browned and some wear, slim 4to; Alexander (J.J.G., Temple, E., & Kauffmann, C.M.), Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, volumes 1-3 (of 6, Insular Manuscripts 6th to the 9th century, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066, Romanesque Manuscripts 1066-1190), London: Harvey Miller, 1978, 76, 75 respectively, colour and monochrome plates, original cloth in dust jackets, folio, and others similar, including some booklets and periodicals (including issues of The Scribe magazine etc.)

(Quantity: approx. 200)

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