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Creator:
Heal, Ambrose, 1872–1959
Title(s):
The English writing-masters and their copy-books, 1570-1800; a biographical dictionary & a bibliography, by Ambrose Heal, with an introduction on the development of handwriting by Stanley Morison. Illustrated with portraits of the masters and specimens of their hands.
Published/Created:
Hildesheim : G. Olms, 1962.
Physical Description:
xl, 225 p., LXXXI leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
Z43 A2 H43 1962 (LC)+ Oversize
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Reprint of the edition published in London in 1931 by the Cambridge University Press.
In two sections: Biographies of the writing-masters; Bibliographies of the copy-books.
Appendices: Writing schools. Engravers of copy-books. Booksellers' imprints. Addenda.
Subject Terms:
Calligraphers -- Biography.
Copybooks -- Bibliography.
Great Britain -- Bio-bibliography.
Penmanship.
Contributors:
Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967.
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