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Title: Book of Alphabets Designed for the Use of Painters, Sign Writers, Draughtsmen, Etc.
Description: New York, Excelsior Publishing House, 1865. Hardbound. Bound into reddish boards, first few pages present in preservatrion-quality plastic sheething, followed by 114 different typesets / alphabets on about 80 pp. Published by or distributed by McKeon & Schofield, Proprietors. Scarce, and the sort of book that normally would have been nused until it fell apart and then discarded. Old archicval repairs to title page, small hole through printing. Overall VG, previous owner's bookplate, light age toning / foxing inside covers.

Keywords: Art Technique ; American Penmanship ; ;


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