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JACKSON, DONALD - The Story of Writing

Title: The Story of Writing
Description: London : Studio Vista Parker Pen Co.1981 1981. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Contents: The origins of writing -- The emergence of the alphabet -- Rome -- Writing in the Dark Ages -- The Carolingian minuscule -- The Middle Ages -- The scribe and the printer -- Copperplate and the writing masters -- Writing in a machine age -- Writing as art -- Personality and the pen. Subject: Writing — History. Paleography. Calligraphy — Alphabet — to 1980 Lettering and penmanship. Writing implements and accessories.ISBN: 0289709857. Weight in Kg appr.:

Keywords: 0289709857

Price: EUR 14.95 = appr. US$ 16.25 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 245490



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