Thesavro de scrittori :
opera artificiosa, laquale con grandissima arte, si per pratica come per geometria, insegna a scriuere diuerse sorte littere, cioe cancellerescha, merchantescha, formata, cursiua, antiqua, moderna et bastarda, de piu sorte : cum uiarij e bellissimi exempli & altre sorte littere de uarie lingue, cioe grecha, hebraicha, caldea & arabicha : tutte extratte da diuersi et probatissimi auttori, & massimamente da lo praeclarissimo Sigismvndo Fanto, nobile ferrarese, mathematico et architettore eruditissimo, dele mesure e ragione de littere primo inuentore /
intagliata per Ugo da Carpi ...

Description

Main Author

Carpi, Ugo da, 1480-approximately 1532.

Related Names

Modena, Angelo da.
Arrighi, Ludovico degli.
Tagliente, Giovanni Antonio.
Fanti, Sigismondo.

Language(s)

Italian

Published

[Venice : s.n.] : Nel anno di nostra salute M.D.XXX [1530, i.e. 1532]

Subjects

Alphabets > Alphabets / Early works to 1800.
Calligraphy > Calligraphy / Early works to 1800.
Penmanship > Penmanship / Early works to 1800.
Woodcuts > Woodcuts / Italy > Woodcuts / Italy / 16th century.
Writing books > Writing books / Italy > Writing books / Italy / 16th century.

Note

Twenty p. printed letterpress, the remainder from woodcut blocks. Full-page ill. on A1v depicts writing implements. Initials, some historiated. Arithmetical tables, p. [41-48], with notice at end: Angelus Mutinen. composuit.
Added t.p. on A3r with date 1532.
The first 24 of the 48 leaves are signed A1-A24.
First published Rome, 1525. Comprises calligraphic specimens and instructional text copied from Tagliente and Arrighi. See A.S. Osley, Luminario, p. 41.

Physical Description

[96] p. : ill. ; 20 cm. (4to)

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