An introduction to the study & collection of ancient prints
An 1877 London book by William Hughes Willshire, published by Ellis & White, written as an introduction for collectors of old prints and held by the Getty Research Institute. Its pictures are plates of printers' and engravers' marks: monograms, cyphers, and hand-lettered signatures reproduced in black line, often set in rows or enclosed in ovals and rectangles. A designer could draw on these as compact, historically grounded examples of monogram construction, interlaced letterforms, and framed mark layouts.
