Examples of modern alphabets, plain and ornamental : including German, Old English, Saxon, italic, perspective, Greek, Hebrew, court hand, engrossing, Tuscan, riband, Gothic, rustic, and arabesque, with several original designs, and an analysis of the Roman and Old English alphabets, large, small, and numerals, for the use of draughtsmen, surveyors, masons, decorative painters, lithographers, engravers, carvers, &c., &c. / collected and engraved by F. Delamotte.
Published / Created:
London : E. & F.N. Spon, 16, Bucklersbury, 1859.[London] : Printed by Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand,
Physical Description:
[1], 48 leaves : color illustrations ; 16 x 25 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNK3620 .D45 1859+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Publisher's advertisements inside front and back covers.Printer's statement from title page verso.The color of printing varies from leaf to leaf.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blind and gilt-stamped green cloth. Includes publishers' advertisements on endpapers. Bookplate: Stephen Parks.
Subject Terms:
Alphabets. | Lettering.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1859.
Contributors:
E. & F.N. Spon, publisher. | Whiting, Charles, active 1832–1879, printer.