TYPOGRAPHICAL ORNAMENTS. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset, 1985
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since March 26, 1997
Condition: Used
US$ 25.00
Item description from seller
8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 368 pages. First published in German in 1983. Fine in fine dust jacket. A specimen book of ornaments from the 15th century to the present, grouped by general type: individual ornaments, borders and cartouches, rows and border pieces, ornamental areas (backgrounds, wallpaper, etc.), and initials. First two sections are subdivided into one-piece items and items assembled from smaller pieces (e.g. "Granjon Arabesques"). Some reproductions are entire title pages. General era is identified, but artist/designer and source usually are not. Brief bibliography.
Seller Inventory # 53737
Bibliographic details
- Title
- TYPOGRAPHICAL ORNAMENTS
- Author
- Luidl, Philipp and Helmut Huber
- Publisher
- Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset
- Publication year
- 1985
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- cloth, dust jacket
- Language
- English
- Item weight
- 1.87 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo.
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