The writing manual: 'Primera parte del arte de escribir todas formas de letras'

José de Casanova|Diego Díaz de la Carrera|Pedro de Villafranca y Malagón|José de Casanova

1650 · Plates: engraving · Drawings and Prints

Engraved arms on title, engraved portrait of Casanova designed and engraved by Villafranca. 30 plates of calligraphy, 3 with ornamental borders, relief initials and tail-pieces. Not in Guilmard, Foulc, Detailleur. 65 leaves, palges no. 1-58, 7 preliminary pages, sigs.: A - F 4(plates between E 3 & E 4), F - G 4 (plate between G 1 & G 2). Card in Spanish concerning book loose in back. Bound in dark blue leather, stamped and gilded.

Artist

José de Casanova|Diego Díaz de la Carrera|Pedro de Villafranca y Malagón|José de Casanova

Date

1650

Medium

Plates: engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928