The CALLIGRAPHY
&
PENMANSHIP
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and
fascinating collection of 220 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for
the first time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of CALLIGRAPHY &
PENMANSHIP.
Discover the art
of calligraphy in all its branches. Learn about penmanship, lettering and
artistic writing. Study lessons in ornamental lettering, commercial sign
writing as well as the theory and practice of creative handwriting. Explore
examples from medieval Italian masters to renowned early 20th
century penmen. Some of the books contained within this collection are
extremely rare and hard-to-find, providing a sought after and valuable virtual library
of reference material. Overall, an unrivalled collection for anyone with an
interest in calligraphy, lettering, writing and penmanship. The full list of
titles included speaks for itself….
This superb
compilation of 220 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of
pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All
of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf
format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet,
smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select
pages.
This is without
doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List
of Titles Included is as Follows:
19th
century swedish copybook - C. Damm (1858)
A
course in mechanical drawing by J. Reid (1900)
A
few suggestions of plain letterings for artists and others by C. Jacobi (1908)
A
key to practical sign writing by A. Lester (1903)
A
practical introduction to the study of Japanese writing - B. Chamberlain (1905)
A
Roman alphabet and how to use it by F. Frederick (1917)
A
scale for measuring the quality of handwriting of adults - L. Ayres (1915)
A
set of alphabets of all the various hands of modern use with examples in each style, designed as a
text book by F. Copley (1877)
A
show at sho' cards; comprehensive, complete, concise by F. Atkinson (1912)
A
system of easy lettering by J. Cromwell (1890)
A
system of easy lettering. With a supplement consisting of eight alphabets by J.
Cromwell (1903)
A
text-book of free-hand lettering by A. Daniels (1909)
A
textbook on lettering and sign painting (1902)
A
text-book on plain lettering by H. Jacoby (1901)
A
textbook on show-card writing show-card
writing, show-card design and ornament, letter formation (1903)
Ahn's
German handwriting - F. Ahn (1869)
Alphabets
and Lettering (1918)
Alphabets,
numerals & devices of the Middle Ages by H. Shaw (1843)
Ames' Guide to Self-Instruction
in Practical and Artistic Penmanship - D. Ames
(1884)
An
easy grammar of writing; or, penmanship analyzed - T. Perry (1800)
Architectural
drawing by W. Field (1922)
Art
of letter painting made easy by J. Badenoch (1888)
Barne's
National Vertical Penmanship (1898)
Beatty's
guide to elegant writing for self-instruction in the latest and most approved style of
penmanship - S. Beatty (1876)
Becker's
ornamental penmanship - G. Becker (1854)
Beispiele
Kunstlerischer Schrift Vol 1 by R Von Larisch
Beispiele
Kunstlerischer Schrift Vol 2 by R Von Larisch
Beispiele
Kunstlerischer Schrift Vol 3 by R Von Larisch
Blackboard
Writing - C. P. Zaner (1911)
C.C.
Canan Collection of Penmanship - The Canan Book, Canan Zanerian
College (1921)
Calligrafia
- B. Campi (1858)
Calligrafia
- R. Percossi (1921)
Calligrafia
moderna - B. Ponzilacqua (1806)
Calligrafia
tedesca - B. Ponzilacqua (1819)
Calligraphie
du dix-huitième siècle - E. Rollet (1761)
CB
Doner Scrapbook (1880)
Chapter
on lettering by Collinwood (1906)
Clear
type - a few suggestions concerning type, letters, books and hand-writing - S.
Thompson (1907)
Compendium
of Spencerian or Semi-Angular Penmanship - Platt Rogers Spencer, Sr (1866)
Complete
Compendium of Plain Practical Penmanship - L. Kelchner (1901)
Complete
Manual of Commercial Penmanship - C. Spayd (1893)
Constructions
des lettres by L. Simonneau (1716)
Daily's
showcard writing system, complete in thirty-four lessons by A. Hurst (1921)
Davids'
practical letterer; instructions in commercial lettering with brush or pen by
S. Hackes (1903)
Deliciae
variarum insigniumq[ue] scripturarum - J. Van de Velde (1605)
Die
Kartenschrift Anleitung zum Schreiben
derselben für kartografische und technische Zwecke by A. Fretwurst (1903)
Die
Schönschreibekunst - F. Petter (1823)
Directions
for writing (1656)
Divina
proportione by L. Pacioli (1509)
E.
C. Mills Calligraphy Scrapbook`(1900)
Elementi
della calligrafia, ossia, L'arte di scrivere bene - F. Soave (1807)
Elementi
teorico pratici per imparare la bella scrittura - G. Savant (1807)
Elements
of lettering - A treatise on the history, classification, and practical
application of the various styles of letters of the alphabet (1899)
Elements
of lettering and sign painting; (1899)
Elements
of lettering by F. Goudy (1922)
Elements
of practical pedagogy - Christian Brothers (1905)
Esemplare
di alfabeti diversi fregiati di fiori, di animali e di altri ornati - G. di
Sanctis (1830)
Esemplare
di calligrafia italiana - G. Bonatti (1802)
Esterbrook
Presenting The Speedball Pen (1915)
Examples
of the chancery hand, engraved - S. Leone (1598)
Exemples
d'ecriture françoise - J. Helwig (1798)
Exercitatio
alphabetica nova et utilissima, variis expressa lingvis et characteribvs - C.
Perret (1569)
Fairchild's
rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush
or pen by S. Hackes (1910)
Fleming's
self-instructor in business & ornamental penmanship - C. Fleming (1906)
Free-hand
lettering by V. Wison (1906)
Gage's
revised and improved system of practical penmanship, complete in eleven numbers
(1884)
Gaskell's
Compendium of Forms - G. Gaskell (1881)
Gems
of Penmanship - J. Duncun (1858)
Gems
of Penmanship (1867)
Grade
standards for the New York
penmanship scale (1920)
Graphics
- a manual of drawing and writing - R. Peale (1838)
Handwriting
- E. Thorndike (1912)
How
to make effective show-cards, off hand card writing and pen lettering by a new
and simple method with fifty-six original cuts by A. Reupke (1898)
How
to make show cards; a practical treatise for the use of retail merchants and
their clerks by C. Miller (1916)
How
to Teach Writing A Manual of Penmanship Designed to Accompany Appletons - L.
Smit (1892)
How
to write show cards by J. de Wild (1921)
Huntington's
Art of Penmanship - E. Huntington (1821)
Illuminated
initial letters & ancient and modern alphabets (1890)
Illustrated
sample book & price list of Palm's patent transfer letters, ornaments &
trade designs for signs, wagons, cars, machines, etc. (1901)
Incipit
liber primus, Elementorum litterarum - G. Verini (1526)
Instructions
on modern show writing by J. Bissell (1913)
Kabinet
der schrijf-konst Vol. 1 - J. Baers (1761)
Kabinet
der schrijf-konst Vol. 2 - J. Baers (1761)
Kunstrichtige
Schreibart - P. Franck (1655)
La
operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha
by L. Arrighi (1524)
L'arte
di scrivere - C. Paillasson (1796)
Les
oevvres - L. Materot (1608)
Lessons
in Dashy Writing (1901)
Lessons
in Engraver's Script - C. Jones (1914)
Lessons
in Engravers Script - L. Madarasz (1908)
Lessons
in Ornamental Penmanship - Bloser (1921)
Lessons
in Ornamental Penmanship - C. Zaner (1909)
Lessons
in Ornamental Penmanship - C. Zaner (1920)
Lessons
in Practical Penmanship - H. P. Behrensmeyer (1901)
Lettering
by T. Stevens (1916)
Lettering
for commercial purposes by W. Gordon (1918)
Lettering
for draftsmen, engineers and students; a practical system of freehand lettering
for working drawings by C. Rheinhardt (1917)
Lettering
in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present,
and possible by L. Day (1902)
Lettering
of working drawings by J. Fish (1894)
Lettering
set, issued by the Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington (19--)
Letters
& lettering; a treatise with 200 examples by F. Brown (1902)
Libellus
valde doctus elegans, & vtilis, multa et varia scribendarum literarum
genera complectens - U. Wyss (1564)
Libro
di M. Giovambattista Palatino cittadino romano by G. Palatino (1550)
Libro
di M. Giovanbattista Palatino cittadino romano
nel qual s'insegna à scriuere ogni sorte lettera, antica, et moderna,
di qualunque natione, con le sue regole, et misure, et essempi - G. Palatino
(1548)
Linear
drawing and lettering for beginners by J. Fish (1901)
L'ornamentazione
by G. Vendrame (1923)
Luthy's
scientific handwriting, being an analysis of Roman script form and execution -
C. Luthy (1918)
Manual
of Free-hand Penmanship - A. Dunton (1877)
Manual
of the lettering scale by L. Rust (1915)
Manuscript
& inscription letters for schools & classes; for the use of craftsmen
by E. Johnston (1909)
Mechanical
drawing lettering, materials and methods by F. Kepler (1916)
Mechanical
drawing. Elementary and advanced by J. Reid (1910)
Mechanical
graphics. An educational course on the theory and practice of mechanical
drawing by F. Willson (1890)
Metodo
Palmer de Caligrafia Comercial (1919)
Mills
Modern Business Penmanship - E. Mills (1903)
Modelli
di Calligraphia - G. Tonso (1921)
Modern
lettering, artistic and practical by W. Heyny (1913)
Modern
painting, hardwood finishing and sign writing by G. Armstrong (1914)
Modern
show card lettering, designs, etc by W. Thompson (1903)
Monograms
& ciphers by A. Turbayne (1906)
Muster
Alphabete (1885)
New
large text and Dutch striking alphabets - T. Tomkins (1785)
New
Spencerian Compendium of Penmanship (1879)
New
Standard Practical Penmanship - Spencer Brothers (1881)
New York city
penmanship scale - C. Lister (1918)
New
Zanerian Alphabets - C. Zaner (1900)
Ninety-five
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship - C. W. Jones (1914)
Notes
on technical sketching and free hand lettering for engineering students by A.
Smith (1907)
Nova
arte de escrever - A. Araujo (1794)
Noyes
Penmanship - E. Noyes (1839)
Nuova
maniera per facilitar a fanciulli il modo di scrivere - I.
Alessandri (1760)
Oberlin Business College
- Compendium of Penmanship - C.A.
Barnett, J.T. Henderson and J.N. Yocom (1901)
On
the writing of the insane, with illustrations - G. Bacon (1870)
One
hundred alphabets for the show card writer (1919)
One
hundred loose leaf lessons in lettering with pen and brush by W. Gordon (1920)
Ontario
writing courses (1916)
Oriental
penmanship; specimens of Persian handwriting - E. Palmer (1884)
Palmer
Method of Business Writing - A. N. Palmer Company (1921)
Palmers
Penmanship Budget - A. Palmer (1919)
Parsons'
Hand Book of Business and Social Forms - Penmanship Section - W. Parsons (1890)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 28 (1903-04)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 29 (1904-05)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 30 issues 1-2 (1905)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 30 Issues 9-10 (1906)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 31 (1906-07)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 31 Issue 5 (1907)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 32 (1907-08)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 33 (January-August 1909)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 33 Issues 1-4 (1908)
Penman's
Art Journal Vol. 34 (1909-10)
Penmans
Leisure Hour (1894)
Penmanship
(1916)
Penmanship
Made Easy - George Comer & Oliver Linton (1864)
Penmanship
of the XVI, XVII & XVIIIth centuries, a series of typical examples from
English and foreign writing books - L. Day (1911)
Penmanship,
a guide to good handwriting - C. Mitchell (1882)
Portfolio
of Ornate Penmanship - The A.N. Palmer Company (1900)
Practical
Business Writing - G. C. Greene (1920)
Practical
engineering drawing and third angle projection by F. Willson (1897)
Practical
Penmanship Being A Development of the Carstairian System - B. Foster (1830)
Presenting
the speed-ball pen, with alphabets by Gordon & George, Seattle (1915)
Principles
and practice of show-card writing by L. Blair (1922)
Principles
of penmanship; or, Rules for the attainment of elegant and expeditious writing
- W. Prior (1842)
Psychology
and pedagogy of writing - M. Thompson (1911)
Public
school penmanship - A. Clark (1909)
Real
Pen Work - Self Instructor in Penmanship - Knowles and Maxim (1881)
Real
Pen Work Compendium of Penmanship - Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. (1880)
Real
pen work, self-instructor in penmanship - Knowles & Maxim (1881)
Recueil
d'alphabets - dédié aux artistes by J. Blondeau (1870)
Recueil
Méthodique de Principes d' Ecriture - P.
Meyrat (1921)
Reinhardt's
correspondence course; lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students by C.
Rheinhardt (1916)
Righthandedness
and lefthandedness, with chapters treating of the writing posture, the rule of
the road, etc. - G. Gould (1908)
Saggio
di caratteri di moderno gusto - M. Di Pietro (1794)
Scale
for rating and correcting handwriting (1922)
Schreibschrift,
Zierschrift & angewandte Schrift by E. Johnston
(1910)
Sign
and show card writing by C. Butterworth (1899)
Speedball
Text Book - Lettering, Poster Design for Pen or Brush - R. George (1911)
Spencerian
key to practical penmanship - H. Spencer (1866)
Standard
lettering by R. Claflin (1922)
Straight
line alphabet for lettering in the grades by M. Clauser (1916)
Strong's
book of designs; a masterpiece of modern ornamental art by C. Strong (1917)
Student's
alphabets (c1907)
Studies
in Pen Art - W. E. Dennis (1914)
Sykes'
Manual of Penmanship - Sykes (1885)
The
American sign writer by G. Collins (1877)
The
arm movement method of rapid writing - C. Zaner (1904)
The
art of lettering and sign painter’s manual - A complete and practical
illustration of the art of sign writing by A. P. Boyce (1878)
The
art of show card writing by C. Strong (1907)
The
Art of Writing - J. Jenkins (1813)
The
book of ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediaeval, from the eighth century,
with numerals by F. Dellamotte (1863)
The
Canan Book - Zaner-Bloser (1921)
The
Daniel T. Ames Notebook (1862)
The
elements of sosho - F. Piggott (1913)
The
essentials of lettering; a manual for students and designers by T. French
(1912)
The
handwriting movement; a study of the motor factors of excellence in penmanship
- F. Freeman (1918)
The
history of ink, including its etymology, chemistry, and bibliography - T.
Davids (1860)
The
National Penman - Vol III No. 2 (1897)
The
Palmer method of business writing - A. Palmer (1915)
The
Payson, Dunton, & Scribner manual of penmanship (1873)
The
penman's hand-book - G. Gaskell (1883)
The
psychology and pedagogy of handwriting - D. Hamilton (1920)
The
Science of Practical Penmanship - T. Dolbear (1850)
The
Secret of the Skill of Madarasz (1911)
The
signist's book of modern alphabets, plain and ornamental, ancient and mediæval,
from the eighth to the twentieth century, with numerals by F. Delamotte (1906)
The
teachers' and students' library a
compendium of knowledge necessary to teachers, students and the general reader,
embracing reading, penmanship, etc. - G. Lind (1882)
The
teaching of handwriting - F. Freeman (1914)
The
teaching of penmanship - H. Houston (1913)
The
theory and practice of handwriting - J. Jackson (1894)
The
theory and practice of lettering by C. Sherman (1897)
The
Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing - E. Lupfer (1921)
Theory
and art of penmanship (1869)
Theory
of Spencerian Penmanship (1874)
Thesavro
de scrittori - U. da Carpi (1532)
Walker
method of writing for public and private schools - H. Walker (1922)
Webb's
useful penmanship - J. Webb (1796)
Writing
& illuminating, & lettering by E. Johnston
(1917)
Writing
and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive - W. Chinnery (1750)
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