Shelfmark
Lk.6.13 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1364.35 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Sweet Roman hand : five hundred years of italic cursive script / Wilfrid Blunt.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : James Barrie, 1952.
Physical description
99 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bequeathed by Kenneth Rose, 2014.
Provenance
Copy 1: Presentation inscription on front endpaper: "and to Kenneth Rose, with gratitude & admiration. Wilfrid Blunt".
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. annotation in pencil on front cover recording the initials and note from former owner Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt: "WJWB. Rough corrections".
Binding
Copy 1: Black buckram binding; gilt lettering on cover and spine; with original printed dust-jacket.
Binding
Copy 2: Bound in wrapped papers.
Copy-specific note
Wilfrid Blunt was an Old Etonian who was once Art Master at Eton College.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Proof copy with missing pages: 15-20, 23-24, and 91-92; loosely inserted a fragment of p. 23-24.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Contains extensive pencil annotations and corrections, as well as underlining on some pages.
Subject
Penmanship, Italian History.
Subject
Calligraphy History.
Subject
Writing, Italic History.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Added entry--name
Rose, Kenneth, 1924 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
James Barrie publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B35090