A handwriting manual: PB 6-2013

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A handwriting manual

Maker(s)

Author: Blunt, Wilfrid
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Categories

Book

Description

New and enlarged ed.
95 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 22cm.

Presentation copy from the author to Vera Law (inscription on half-title page).
Manuscript note by author and Vera Law tipped in at plate 10.
Items laid in: Sample of Cancellaresca Formata script and a further example of unidentified script + typed sheet headed "The principles of italic handwriting".

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2013-11) by Hall, David J.

Dating

Production date: AD 1965

Note

"350 copies set in 12-point Bell and printed at Whittington on Zerkall mould-made paper. 300 copies are bound in paper printed with a design by the artist, and 50 copies are bound in quarter leather with a portfolio containing 12 of the engravings."--Colophon. Museum has copy no 150, signed by the artist. Binding: quarter rust-coloured cloth with tan paper sides. With special extending dutjacket showing panoramic view of Whittington.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Law, Vera

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 6-2013
Primary reference Number: 197504
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Audit data

Created: Monday 2 December 2013 Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2015

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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