ARTE DE ESCRIBIR.

TOR�O. (Torquato)

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POR REGLAS Y CON MUESTRAS, SEGUN LA DOCTRINA DE LOS MEJORES AUTORES ANTIGUOS Y MODERNOS, EXTRANGEROS Y NACIONALES: ACOMPA�ADO DE UNOS PRINCIPIOS DE ARITM�TICA, Gram�tica y Ortografia Castellana, Urbanidad y v�rios sistemas para la formacion y ense�anza de los principales caracteres que se usan en Europa. COMPUESTO Por Don Torquato Tor�o de Riva y Herrero, Socio de n�mero de la Real Sociedad econ�mica Matritense; Oficial del Archivo del Excelent�simo Se�or Marques de Astorga, Conde de Altamira; Escritor de Privilegios, y Revisor de Letras antiguas por S. M. MADRID MDCCXCVIII. [1798]. EN LA IMPRENTA DE LA VIUDA DE DON JOAQUIN IBARRA. 4� (de 21x15 cm) com xxviii-418-[i] pags. Encaderna��o da �poca em pergaminho r�gido com atilhos por fechos. Ilustrado com 58 l�minas, numeradas e intercaladas em extratexto, com dezenas de exemplos de alfabetos para uso caligr�fico e para a execu��o de tipos de imprensa. Anterrosto da obra com frontisp�cio decorativo. A 18th Century writing book �Art of Writing� with a contemporay Spanish caligraphic method, beautifully printed on the workshop of the most oustanding masterprinter Ibarra (Viuda de Don Joaquin, Madrid). Several sections of the book are printed through the method of a full page copper plate. All in all illustrated with 58 engraved plates - numbered and interspersed in hors text - with dozens of examples of calligraphic alphabets that can be dedicated to typographical fonts as well as design settings. Frontispiece is a very fine decorative engraved copperplate. Includes also treatises in Spanish coinage, grammar, arithmetic, and social protocol. The author was the official calligrapher to the King of Spain. 1st edition. Ref.: Palau 1992, VII, 42; Magge, Spanish Books, 102113; Salva, 7431. Language: Castelhano / Spanish Location/localizacao: M-17-D-10.

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ARTE DE ESCRIBIR.

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