[lettering, alphabets]
The Ornamental Penman's, Engravers, Sign Writers, Draughtsmen Pocket Book of Alphabets.
Including Church text, Egyptian, Egyptian Perspective, French, French Antique, French Renaissance, German text, Italic, Italian Shaded, Italian Hairline, Monograms, Old English, Old Roman, Open Stone, Ornamental, Roman, Latin, Rustic, Tuscan, &c.
Oblong 12mo, 40pp. No date, ca. 1880s. Inner cover with style index. A varied collection of alphabets originally published by Spon, reproduced at a diminished scale (and price) for practical use in the field. Somewhat scruffy in appearance compared to their full-size counterparts, and with few surviving copies. Creasing and a few nicks to the yapp edges, overall Very Good. Clean and complete. A good addition for the completist collector of alphabets and lettering books.
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