Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Styles

by Arthur Baker, William Hogarth (Contributor)

Introduced and edited by William Hogarth. A re-creation of 116 distinctive calligraphic styles, from the capitalis monumentalisof Imperial Rome, through the elegant humanistic writing of the great masters of the Italic script in the sixteenth century that emphasize the essential features of each historical period. Each example has been carefully studied, often greatly enlarged from original sources, and redrawn by Arthur Baker. All the pages are ideal models for copying and becoming familiar with the various changes in the history of letterforms. Minor jacket chipping. x, 117+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to..

117 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1982