Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings
by Jennings, Oscar
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About This Item
London : Methuen and Co, 1908. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: The Hartland Library collection. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 287 pages, including facsimiles 29 cm. Notes: Process illus. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Initials. Wood-engraving. Block books. Illustrated books. Initials History. Block books History. Book ornamentation History. Printing History. Lettering. Alphabets. Other names: T. and A. Constable. Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)Genre: Block books. Fiction. Illustrated. Illustrated books.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309366
- Title
- Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings
- Author
- Jennings, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London : Methuen and Co
- Date Published
- 1908
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