Editor: Tom Gourdie
Publisher: The Studio Limited, London
Publication: 1957, Reprint
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 96
Size: 125 x 190
Text: English
(Introduction) 'The finest period in the history of handwriting began in the fifteenth century in Italy. The great revival of learning created a demand for books and as they had to be written and copies rendered by hand, scriptoriums were rapidly set up and the scribe flourished. The lettering of the Italian fifteenth century scribes was based on a much earlier style, a beautiful round hand of exquisite form and proportion known as the Carolingian Miniscule...'
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