Clement Perret (5 results)
- Softcover
Seller: S.P.Tuohy, Oxford, OXF, United KingdomS.P.Tuohy
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 17/300 copies printed. La.oblong 4to. 4 leaves of prelims, 35 leaves of facsimiles + colophon. Orig. limp boards, glassine d.w. Slipcase. Excellent. One of the Penman's Paradise series of writing-book facsimiles ed. by A.S.Osley.
Language: French
Published by Les Belles Lettres, 1968
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Librairie AU SUD DE NULLE PART, Le Landreau, FranceLibrairie AU SUD DE NULLE PART
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: Bon. Pas de jaquette. 1ère Édition. Edité par la Société des Belles-Lettres de Lausanne, Genève, Neuchâtel et Fribourg, 1968 - In-4° broché, couv. cart., portrait par Guy Baer, 57 pp., avec 22 lettres dont deux à Gustave Roud, quelques rousseurs ténues sur tranche sup. et premier plat sinon bel exem…plaire, non coupé. Tirage limité à 1253 exemplaires, un des 20 hors-commerce des 130 sur vélin à la cuve (n°8), troisième papier.
More imagesPublished by Christopher Plantin, 1569
- Softcover
Seller: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomSokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION third issue. Folio. 35 engraved plates; engraved title, colophon, and 33 plates of calligraphic specimens by Perret, all within ornamental strap-work borders decorated with a variety of grotesque figures, animals, fruits and flowers. A fine copy with superb impressions of the plates, in… handsome late C19th crimson morocco gilt by David, covers double gilt ruled to a panel design, large fleurons gilt to outer corners, spine with gilt ruled raised bands double gilt ruled in compartments, large fleurons gilt at centres, title and author gilt lettered direct, edges double gilt ruled inner dentelles richly gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First edition, third issue with the 'rare' engraved 'privilege', of this outstanding writing manual, one of the first to be printed from engraved plates. The plates combine art and alphabets, each set of letters is placed within a wonderful ornamental cartouche made of elements of strapwork and grotesque design, with monkeys, sphinxes, masks, putti, and other elements. All the elaborate writing samples are in different fanciful styles such as using mirror writing, or a calligram in the form of four hearts, woven in a single line of text in minute letters. "The Exercitatio alphabetica, was not only the first ever to be reproduced entirely by copper engraving, but also the first with examples in seven languages, [including English] all of them written in the appropriate hands. Moreover in this book, the first to be produced in the Low Countries in such a large, oblong size, all plates had lavishly executed borders, designed on an architectural framework on which a variety of objects, human figures, grotesques, animals and so on were depicted. The book was obviously designed for collectors, wealthy connoisseurs and fellow writing-masters." Ton Croiset Van Uchelen. 'The mysterious writing-master Clemens Perret and his two copy-books.' "With the exception of Neudörffer's early experiments with etched lettering samples [], Perret's book is the first intaglio writing manual' (Becker). Its attraction lies not only in Perret's superb calligraphic specimens but in their extraordinary borders, strongly influenced by Hans Vredeman de Vries, which show the ornamental genius of Flemish Mannerism at its most exuberant. 'This was a book not only for writers but also for artists, mapmakers, metalsmiths, and needle workers - in short, all those who used letters or borders in their work" Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Despite the recent revival of interest in calligraphy two writing books (both of them considerable rarities) produced in the Netherlands during the sixteenth century by Clément Perret have scarcely received due notice. The British Museum has a copy of one of them Exercitatio alphabetica 1569; of the other Examine Peritiae Alphabetum (1571), only one copy is known and that is, at present, in the custody of the 'Heissischen Treuhandverwaltung des fruheren preussischen Kunstgutes' in Weisbaden. Of the author of these two books we know almost nothing, and after their publication all trace of him vanishes. He was evidently precocious, as his two title pages show. It seems probably that he died when young. That he enjoyed a considerable local reputation in his day is shown by the estimate of him in Sweertius's Athenae Belgicae of 1628. His books were published by the printer- publisher Christopher Plantin. The Excercitatio has one leaf (not present in the British Museum copy) giving the privilege of sale to Plantin for a period of six years, and dated Brussels, 13 February 1569." Colin Clair. Bibliographical Notes: Clément Perret Calligraper." The plates were engraved by the celebrated Dutch engraver Cornelis de Hooge. "His skill in engraving is exemplified in a very attractive writing-book, with letters and script within a great variety of strap-work and figured borders, Clement Perret's Excercitiatio Alphabetica. K143.
More imagesLanguage: Latin
Published by Miland Publishers, Nieuwkoop, 1968
- Softcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star selleroblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, plain publisher's cardboard slipcase. (vi) pages followed by the facsimile and colophon. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Slipcase with a crack, else a fine copy. One of the finest examples of Perret's work. Originally published by Christopher Plantin in 1560. stiff paper wrappers, plain publishe…r's cardboard slipcase. Calligraphy (illustrator).
- Softcover
Seller: Frans Melk Antiquariaat, HILVERSUM, NetherlandsFrans Melk Antiquariaat
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Facsimile, 1968. Nieuwkoop: Miland Publishers. 24 x 32 cm. Softcover with dustjackets [paper and plastic]. Edition of 300 handnumbered copies [ this is number 23 ]. In slipcase. With 35 leaves of facsimiles. AS NEW [Facsimile ].
