The Glory of the Art of Writing. The Calligraphic Work of Francesco Alunno of Ferrara.
This is the culmination of Dr. Barker`s fifty years of research into the identity and work of Alunno, the most accomplished of all sixteenth-century Italian writing masters. With many new information on his life, career, and associations. It contains a text volume with a separate facsimile volume co... More info
Luminario. An Introduction to the Italian writing-books of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The first complete survey of Italian writing-manuals, 1514-1660. Appendix I contains a Check-list of first editions of 16th-and 17th century Italian writing-books. More info
Duytsche exemplaren van allerhande gheschriften.
Haarlem, 1620. (With:) Thresor literaire … Haarlem, 1621. (And: ) The third part of Duijtscher ende Franscher scholen exemplaer-boek. (Haarlem, 1622). More info
De Caratteri.
Rome, 1638. Facsimile 1971. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. More info
T`Magazin of t`pac-huys der loffelijcker penn-const ...
Antwerp, 1616. Facsimile 1971. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. More info
Lusthof der schrijfkonste ...
Amsterdam, 1610. Facsimile 1971. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. More info
Tooneel der loflijcke schrijfpen ten dienste van de constbeminnende jeucht.
Delft, 1607. Facsimile 1970. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. More info
Spieghel der schrijfkonste, in den welcken ghesien worden veelderhande gheschrifften met hare fondementen ende...
Rotterdam, 1605. Facsimile 1969. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Magnificent writing-book, not only with regard to the specific period it represents, but also in relationship to the entire history of calligraphy as an art: van den Velde is rightly credited with having introduced and perf... More info
Theatrum artis scribendi, varia summorum nostri seculi artificium exemplaria complectens, novem diversis lingu...
Amsterdam, 1594. Facsimile 1969. Edition limted to 300 handnumbered copies. First edition of one of the most beautiful writing-books ever published in Holland. More info