Catalogue Five Hundred and Forty-Two:The Art of Writing: 2800 B.C. to 1930 A.D. [...Illustrated in a collection of original documents written on vellum, paper, papyrus, silk, linen, bamboo, or inscribed on clay, marble, steatite, jasper, haematite matrix of emerald and chalcedony, exhibiting forty styles of scripts in the languages of Europe, Asia and Africa.]
by Maggs Bros
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- Hardcover
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Maggs Bros Ltd, London, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. Full leather binding. Vg+ condition. Original paperbound catalogue rebound in full leather, paper covers bound in at rear. Covers unworn, leather still fresh and supple; contents free of writing or marking. 510 pp., illus. A lovely copy of this important catalogue.
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- Title
- Catalogue Five Hundred and Forty-Two:The Art of Writing: 2800 B.C. to 1930 A.D. [...Illustrated in a collection of original documents written on vellum, paper, papyrus, silk, linen, bamboo, or inscribed on clay, marble, steatite, jasper, haematite matrix of emerald and chalcedony, exhibiting forty styles of scripts in the languages of Europe, Asia and Africa.]
- Author
- Maggs Bros
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Maggs Bros Ltd, London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliophilia, Bookcollections, History, Printing, Publishing,
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