The calligrapher's handbook / essays by M. C. Oliver [and others] ; edited by C. M. Lamb

Lamb, Cecil Mortimer

1956, First Edition. London : Faber & Faber. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #435655

Physical description; 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (pages 241-245) and index. Contents; Pens, pencils, brushes knives / William Bishop -- Pigments and media / Dorothy Hutton -- Ink / M. Thérèse Fisher -- Skins, papers, pounces / Margaret L. Hodgson -- Gilding / Irene Base -- The design of formal scripts / John Woodcock -- The design of manuscript books and inscriptions / M.C. Oliver-- Heraldry in illuminated manuscripts / William M. Gardner -- Cursive handwriting / Alfred Fairbank -- The binding of manuscripts / Sydney M. Cockerell -- The development of illumination / M.C. Oliver -- Illumination and decoration / Dorothy Hutton -- Note on simple binding / Berthold Wolpe. Subjects; Lettering. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Bookbinding. Copybooks. Calligraphy. Calligraphy : history and techniques.

Price: €25.00