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Beautiful letters : A book of alphabets, initials, monograms and ornaments
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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"This volume covers ten centuries of pictorial and ornamental alphabets and initials, over 2,000 decorative letters in black-and-white line cuts. It contains a wealth of copyright-free materials and ideas for contemporary artists. The artistry of alphabetic ornamentation and printing is included here: biblical scenes, knights, martyrdoms, angels, devils, sensually robust women, fleshy children, gargoyles, birds, lambs, fishes, snakes, serpents, narrative cartoons, scenes of play and war, myths and legends, complicated and convoluted designs, floral beauty, modern geometrics, all woven and designed around letters of the alphabet ... The illustrations are arranged in chronological order beginning with an example from a tenth-century German illuminated Bible ... The book concludes with twentieth-century examples"--
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One pattern book, copyright 1921, entitled Bucilla Blue Book of Initials and Monograms, Volume 30, published by Bernhard Ulmann Co. Inc. This pattern book is comprised of 12 leaves of initial and monogram patterns, all for the letter "C." The insides of the covers include charts of the contents and suggestions for use, and instructions for transferring them. The back cover is a manufacturer's advertisement for Bucilla cottons (cotton thread) to be used in conjunction with monogramming. "Price 15 cents" is printed near the bottom of the front cover. "Copyright 1921 by Berhard Ulmann Co. Inc." is printed at the bottom inside front cover.
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