THE BOOK OF SIGNS

Rudolf Koch (translated from the German by Vyvyan Holland)

Language: English

Published by Dover Publications, USA, 1955

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Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF, strong & sound w/trace edge wear, faint discoloration to spine & back, & small soil spot to back. 493 symbols used by primitive peoples & early Christians from early times to the Middle Ages --- notably from Nordic sources. Collected, drawn (based on woodcuts from Fritz Krede), & explained by German calligrapher, type designer and teacher Rudolf Koch (1876 - 1934). Vintage 1955 unabridged Dover republication of the 1930 English translation edition of the First Edition Club of London --- no ISBN number (commonly in commercial use 1970). 104 pgs in 14 categories: 1, General Signs; 2, The Cross; 3, The Monogram of Christ or Chrismon; 4, Other Christian Signs; 5, The Monogram; 6, Stonemasons' Signs; 7,The Four Elements; 8, Astronomical Signs; 9, Astrological Signs; 10, Botanical Signs; 11, Chemical Signs; 12, House & Holdings Marks; 13, Signs from Various Sources; and, 14, Runes.

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Title
THE BOOK OF SIGNS
Author
Rudolf Koch (translated from the German by Vyvyan Holland)
Publisher
Dover Publications, USA
Publication year
1955
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
None as Issued
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
Illustrator
Ruldolf Koch(author, illustrator from Fritz Kredel woodcuts)

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