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THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF WRITING, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary. Illustrated by Engravings taken from Marbles, Manuscripts and Charters, Ancient and Modern: Also, Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing.

Astle, Thomas.

London, 1803. Second edition, with additions. Folio (11 1/4 x 18 3/4). Portrait, title, (iv), xxiv, 240 pages, 32 plates (some hand colored). Recent period-style half calf & marbled boards, original marbled edges. Front endpapers discolored (from glue?); portrait has marginal foxing & small dampstain; light old damp top margin... More

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SNOW. A WINTER SUITE. Words by Devin Crosby. Music by Tom Fettke.

Leavitt, Nancy.

(Stillwater, ME, 1991). 7 1/4 x 11 1/2. (18) pages. Original calligraphed and painted manuscript. Text sewn on vellum strips, bound in iridescent & painted vellum paper wraps. Slight wear along spine, otherwise fine in custom cloth traycase. Signed by the artist. Accomplished in watercolor and gouache, glair, and iridescent... More

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A SERIES OF ALPHABETS Designed as a Textbook for Engravers and Painters of Letters.

McClees, Archibald.

New York, 1855. Oblong 10 x 6 3/4. Title plus 10 plates, all engraved.Original cloth, with large title label on cover. Spine and tips worn; a couple scattered small spots or stains. Generally very good with original tissue guards. McClees specialized in bank-note engraving, working for various companies including Durand... More

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THE TREATISE OF GERARD MERCATOR. Literarum Latinarum, quas Italicas, cursoriasque vocant, scribendarum ratio (Antwerp 1540).

Mercator, Gerard.

Antwerp: De Sikkel and Paris: Pegasus Press, 1930. 5 1/2 x 8. xxiv and 58-page facsimile of Mercator's writing book. Green silk cloth, upper tips bumped, board edges have wear. Bookplate of printer Bill Jackson. Good copy. One of 200 copies, printed at the Officina Bodoni in Janson type on... More

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Manuale Calligraphicum. David Pankow, Steven Galbraith.

Manuale Calligraphicum. Examples of calligraphy by students of Hermann Zapf at RIT.

Pankow, David and Steven Galbraith.

Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 2016. 11 x 9. xi, 19 leaves of calligraphy in black & red/brown, 6 double-column pages of the artists' biographies (LI-LVI). Quarter vellum & blue boards. Fine. One of 325 copies, designed by Jerry Kelly and typeset in his Rilke typefaces. Printed by Bradley Hutchinson... More

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GUDRUN ZAPF VON HESSE. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering and Drawings.

Zapf, Gudrun.

West New York: Mark Batty, 2002. 8 x 11. 221 pages (including 150 color plates). Red cloth gilt. A separate portfolio contains six type and printing specimens created especially for this edition by Gudrun Zapf. Both in slipcase. Fine. One of 80 special copies, signed by Zapf. First major retrospective... More

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CALLIGRAPHIC SALUTATIONS. Hermann Zapf's letterheadings to Paul Standard. The Beginning of a friendship that lasted a lifetime.

Zapf, Hermann.

Rochester: Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 1993. 8 1/2 x 6. (10) pages followed by 16 leaves printed rectos only, in black, red, and blue. Reproduced from Zapf's calligraphy, with printed translation beneath. Blue cloth gilt, with red leather spine label. Fine. One of 30 special copies on Arches paper and... More

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THE FINE ART OF LETTERS. PAGES FROM PUBLICATIONS BY HERMANN ZAPF. The Work of Hermann Zapf.

Zapf, Hermann.

NY: Grolier Club, 2000. 8 x 11. 96 pages with 80 illustrations (many in color) of Zapf's type faces, book designs, and calligraphy, including many rare pieces never before reproduced. A separate portfolio contains 20 original specimens: leaves from books, alphabets (one signed), a prospectus, & an entire booklet from... More

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From the Hand of Hermann Zapf.

Zapf, Hermann.

(Washington DC) Washington Calligraphers' Guild, 1993. 8 x 11 3/4. 168, (1) ppages Blue cloth, gilt. Fine. Inscribed by Zapf to a fellow calligrapher. Introduction by Julian Walker; a collection of Zapf's calligraphy, alphabet design and book typography. A handsome production printed in several colors at the Stamperia Valdonega. More

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HERMAN ZAPF AND HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY.

Zapf, Hermann.

Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts (1987). 7 1/2 x 12. 254 pages. Cloth, printed dust jacket. Fine. Articles on calligraphy and type design, with illustrations, bibliographical notes and a list of Zapf's175 type designs. Approximately half the book consists of plates (most in color). The dustwrapper, when opened, reveals the... More

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MANUALE ZAPFICUM. Typographic arrangements of words by and about the work of Hermann Zapf & Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Set in typefaces by both; in honor of their ninetieth birthdays.

Zapf, Hermann.

Rochester, 2009. 8 x 12. Two-page introduction by Jerry Kelly, 20 type specimens printed on rectos in black & red , 2-page list of contributors. Vellum spine & boards. Fine. One of 100 copies. Specimens were created by several presses, including Kelly-Winterton (5), Cary Graphic Arts (5), Rick Cusik (8), and Archetype. More

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