Gram[m]ato-graphices : jn qvo varia scripturae emblemata, belgicis, germanicis, italicis, hispanicis, gallicis, et latinis characterib[us] exarata : cum singulorum anatomicis fundamentis ad exacté pingedum perquàm utilia, oculis spectanda jmitandaq[ue], proponuntur

Boissens, Cornelis Dirckszoon, 1568-1634 or 5 · 1605 · Amstelodami : [s.n.] · 78 pictures

A engraved writing manual issued at Amsterdam in 1605 by the Leiden-trained writing master Cornelis Dirckszoon Boissens, showing Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, French and Latin hands with notes on how each letter is constructed, made for clerks, scribes and pupils copying script by eye. The plates pair blocks of formal text with large freehand capitals built from single unbroken strokes, giving designers looping flourishes, knotted cadels, swelling hairlines and full-page pen ornament on bare paper.

Penmanship · Calligraphy

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