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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Lettering : in a variety of alphabets
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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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Rare Books
Wyatt was an architect who was a principal organizer of the Exhibition of 1851, after which he worked with I. K. Brunel and Owen Jones designing architecture, wallpaper, furniture, carpets, tiles, etc. He was made the first Slade Professor of fine arts at Cambridge in 1869. William Robert Tymms designed plates and covers for a number of books. The plates for Westwood's "Facsimiles of the Miniatures & Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish Manuscripts" (1868) were designed by him, as were some of the plates for J. B. Baring's "Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition," 1862.
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Visual Materials
One penmanship book entitled Welby's Book of Alphabets, for Ornamental Penmen, Professional Letterers, and Students, with Practical Directions for Lettering, Illuminating, etc., by Edward Welby, published by Hall & Whiting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1880. The book begins with 10 unnumbered pages of introductory and instructional text which contain information about what kinds of materials to use and how to use them. The remainder of the book consists of 24 unnumbered pages of sample alphabets- one per page- in a variety of plain and decorative fonts. Space is provided below each letter for copying. The sample fonts are identified as: Roman, Italic, Roman, Italic, Egyptian, Engrossing, Engrossing, Old English, Old English, German Text, German Text, Old English Ornamented, German Text Ornamented, Italic Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Ornamental, Gothic Initials, Church Text, French, Celtic. The last unidentified alphabet is a wonderfully whimsical array of human figures, some with objects, formed to create letters. This book has not been written in. "Price, 75 cents" is printed on the front cover, below the title.
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