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Alphabets A Manual of Letter Design & Initial Letters"

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The Art Of Illuminating As Practiced In Europe From The Earliest Time, 1860: Overview of The Art of Illuminating as practiced in Europe, Illustrated by borders, initial letters and alphabets selected and chromolithographed by W.R. Tymms. First edition published in 1860 by Day

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The Art of Illuminating. Tymms, W: The Art of Illuminating as practiced in Europe from the Earliest Times Illustrated by Borders, Initial Letters and Alphabets Selected & Chromolithographed by W.R Tymms. With an essay and instructions

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ANTIPHONAL GREGORIAN CHANT SHEET MUSIC MANUSCRIPT: Framed liturgical antiphonal sheet music manuscript page of the Gregorian chant "amen, amen dico vobis," with illuminated initial letter A, sheet: approx 20.75"h, 14.5"w, overall: approx 23.5"h, 17.25

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1627 English Vellum Indenture Nicely Penned: Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1627 during the reign of King Charles I between two Gentlemen of Hertsford and several members of the Squire family. Calligraphic initial letter and in Engli

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1721 Newspaper The Post-Boy Illustrated Masthead Stamp: “The Post-Boy”, English newspaper two pages, printed at London for E, Morphew. Nice masthead illustrations and initial letter. News including reference to the plague, shipping, European news and a

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Alphabets A Manual of Letter Design & Initial Letters"

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Alphabets - A Manual of Letter Design... & Initial Letters". Two Books. 1926, John Lane, London, and 1928, Bridgeman Publishers, NY 1st editions Fine Printing/ Typography "Alphabets - A Manual of Letter Design... & "Initial Letters". Two Books. Douglas McMurtrie typography, printing 1st editions 1926, John Lane, London, and 1928, Bridgeman Publishers, NY 'Alphabets' is a manual of letter design, with complete alphabets of varied styles of lettering. 'Initial Letters' is veritable encyclopedia of of the best series of Initial Letters ever designed.

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