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Calligraphy: Calligraphia Latina
by Schwandner, Johann Georg von
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1958. Cloth, xiv pages, facsimile, 14 pages, plates; 34 cm. An unabridged republication of Calligraphia Latina published in 1756 with the introduction translated into English for the first time by E. F. Bleiber. Good+. Firm binding, unmarked. Foreedge lightly soiled, acidic tape stains/endpapers and DJ flaps. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, remounted in a new mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Original t.p. reads: Joannis Georgii Schwandneri, Austriaci stadelkirchensis. Dissertatio epistolaris de calligraphi : nomenclatione, cultu, pr stantia, utilitate. Vienn Austri , Ex typographeo Kaliwodiano, A.O.R.M.DCC.LVI.. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111680
- Title
- Calligraphy: Calligraphia Latina
- Author
- Schwandner, Johann Georg von
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- Folio
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / German, Austrian & Swiss; Illustrated Books; Media / Calligraphy;
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About the Seller
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- Flap(s)
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Folio
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