The first writing book; an English translation & facsimile text of Arrighi's Operina, the first manual of the chancery hand. With introd. and notes by John Howard Benson.
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TextReference number:ocm00582090Language: English Original language: Italian Series: Studies in the history of calligraphy ; 2Publication details: New York City, Chiswick Book Shop [1954] Description: xv, 32, 47 p. 22 cmSubject(s): Penmanship | Alphabets | LetteringDDC classification: 652.1 LOC classification: Z43.A3 | L8333
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"300 copies printed."
"Freely translated and written in a hand based on the original" by J. H. Benson. The original is reproduced from the first edition, 1522.
Bibliography: p. 47.
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