Il Primo Libro di Lettere corsive moderne

by Calligraphy, Giovanni Battista / Pisani

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First edition

Oblong 4to. 19.5 x 28 cm , 41 ff. Including engraved title and 40 plates of writing samples. Bound in contemporary cartonnage and vellum, title and some pages rather dog-eared. Foxing, light watermarks and fingersoiling, practice work on some leaves. First edition, and evidently the most complete copy extant, of this calligraphy manuel by a Genoese writing master. Notwithstanding its rich mercantile culture and the educational infrastructure that

• Binding: Leather

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