LETTERS & LETTERING : A Treatise With 200 Examples (1904, 4th Edition)
by Frank Chouteau Brown
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- Hardcover
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Boston, MA: Bates & Guild, 1904. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New w/creasing to upper corner tip of pg 107. 4th Edition of 1904. Gilt embossed taupe linen boards/VG; sound w/edge rubs & fraying to upper/lower spine. DJ/None. PO name (in admirable penmanship) dated 1906 to front endpaper. Study of classical & medieval lettering styles of master printers w/samples of how pages looked when composed in words. Monograph from Minnesota-born architect Frank Chouteau Brown (1876 - 1947), editor of the Architectural Review periodical, and from 1919, head of Boston Univ, Depart of Art & Architecture. 214 pgs, 211 illustrations, in 5 parts: I, Roman Capitals; II, Modern Roman Letters; III, Gothic Letters; IV, Italic & Script; and V, To the Beginner.
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- Title
- LETTERS & LETTERING : A Treatise With 200 Examples (1904, 4th Edition)
- Author
- Frank Chouteau Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- Bates & Guild
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Western Calligraphy, Art & Craft, Alphabet, Lettering
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- Art History; Arts & Crafts; Graphic Arts; Fashion;
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